Vishal Vakani

Vishal Vakani practices at Palomar Medical Center Escondido in Escondido, California.

Vishal Vakani's NPI, 1306257613, was assigned on May 9, 2014. Vishal Vakani holds California license C196138.

Vishal Vakani's primary practice is Palomar Medical Center Escondido, at 2185 Citracado Pkwy, Escondido, CA 92029 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (442) 281-5000.

Vishal Vakani's primary practice is Palomar Medical Center Escondido in Escondido, California. Vishal Vakani is also affiliated with Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido. The medical group on file is Vituity. Dmand AI also links Vishal Vakani to 4 more hospitals, 4 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Vishal Vakani practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Vishal Vakani's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dmand AI has Vishal Vakani's licenses on file in 2 states: California and New York.

CMS data shows 955 Medicare services from Vishal Vakani across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 255 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $78,848 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 255 Medicare patients who saw Vishal Vakani in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 84 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 45% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.66, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Vishal Vakani's median patient age at 74, with 51% women.

In 2024, Vishal Vakani wrote 301 Medicare Part D claims for 122 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 102 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $7,241 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 27 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Vishal Vakani for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Vishal Vakani accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 107 general payments to Vishal Vakani from 18 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $468.