Dr. Ram K. Chillar, MD

Dr. Chillar practices at Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center in Merced, California, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Chillar's NPI, 1881702645, was assigned on August 29, 2006. Dr. Chillar graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1965. Dr. Chillar holds California license A25342.

Dr. Chillar's primary practice is Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center, at 333 Mercy Avenue, Merced, CA 95340 in Merced County. The practice phone is (209) 564-5000.

Dr. Chillar's primary practice is Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center in Merced, California, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Chillar is also affiliated with Bay Area Hospital. The medical group on file is Merced Hospitalist Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chillar to 2 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups, 1 hospital outpatient department and 1 rural health clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chillar practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Chillar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RH0000X. The record also lists hematology. Dr. Chillar is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Chillar's licenses on file in 8 states: California, Maine, Nevada, Indiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Montana and Connecticut.

Dmand AI lists breast cancer, chronic anemia, chronic leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, neutropenia, prostate cancer and purpura and thrombocytopenia among the conditions Dr. Chillar treats.

CMS data shows 20 Medicare services from Dr. Chillar across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 43 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,099 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 43 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chillar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 18 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 58% have high cholesterol. 56% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.66, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chillar's median patient age at 67, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Chillar wrote 126 Medicare Part D claims for 46 patients. 69% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 31 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $579 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 104 claims across 6 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 96 out of 100 for Dr. Chillar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group.

CMS Open Payments shows 225 general payments to Dr. Chillar from 50 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 91% of the total. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company paid the most, $397.

Dr. Chillar graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1965.

Dr. Chillar is in network with 15 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.