Dr. Sashibindu Amara, MD

  • Burlingame, CA
  • Internist
NPI1194832493PAC ID7911938147
Medicare services, 2024
909
Medicare patients, 2024
338
Part D claims, 2024
4,638
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$144
Practice address
1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010
Practice phone
Call (650) 696-5400
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Primary practice

Mills-Peninsula Medical Center

Hospital · Burlingame, California

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Dr. Sashibindu Amara is an internist in Burlingame, California

Dr. Amara practices at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California, part of Sutter Health.

Dr. Amara's NPI, 1194832493, was assigned on August 23, 2006. Dr. Amara graduated from Gandhi Medical College in 2000. Dr. Amara holds California license C54465.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7911938147
NPI enumeration date
August 23, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(650) 696-5400
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
52
Medical school graduation
2000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Sashibindu Amara practices at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California

Dr. Amara's primary practice is Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, at 1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 in San Mateo County. The practice phone is (650) 696-5400.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Sashibindu Amara is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Amara's primary practice is Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California, part of Sutter Health. The medical group on file is Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Amara to 1 more home health agency, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sashibindu Amara's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Amara practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Mills-Peninsula Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Sashibindu Amara is one of 16,751 internists in California

Internal medicine is Dr. Amara's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Amara is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Amara's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Washington.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense C54465 · 2010 to 2026 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • Washington license2005 to 2012

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute sinusitis, adjustment disease, aneurysm, arthritis, asthma, atrial fibrillation and flutter and bursitis among the conditions Dr. Amara treats.

Internists near Dr. Amara

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Sashibindu Amara billed Medicare for 909 services in 2024

CMS data shows 909 Medicare services from Dr. Amara across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 338 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $100,830 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024909
Medicare patients338
Paid by Medicare$100,830
Procedure codes10

Dr. Amara's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 6232024: 6161%
Other services
2023: 2372024: 21410%
Tests and treatments
2023: 702024: 7913%

Dr. Amara compared with the California median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Amara
  • California median
Medicare services
909vs 3612.5 times
Medicare patients
338vs 1512.2 times
Part D claims
4,007vs 4219.5 times

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Dr. Amara's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Sashibindu Amara treated 338 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 338 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Amara in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 157 patients. 71% of them have high cholesterol, and 65% have high blood pressure. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.88, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Amara's median patient age at 60, with 72% women.

Medicare patients, 2024338
Average age76
Average risk score0.88
Also on Medicaid5%

Dr. Amara's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Amara's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women24372%
  • Men9528%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Amara's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol71%
  2. High blood pressure65%
  3. Arthritis37%
  4. Osteoporosis22%
  5. Diabetes21%
  6. Anxiety18%
  7. Chronic kidney disease18%
  8. Ischemic heart disease16%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Amara's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 60

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women72%
  • Men25%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Sashibindu Amara wrote 4,638 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Amara wrote 4,638 Medicare Part D claims for 413 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,007 of them, across 83 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $237,603 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,681 claims across 78 drugs.

Part D claims, 20244,638
Drugs named by CMS83
Total drug cost$237,603
Part D patients413

Dr. Amara's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic4,156 claims90%
  • Brand-name and other482 claims10%

Dr. Amara's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Amara's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids1%50 of 4,638 claims
  • Antibiotics2%97 of 4,638 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%43 of 4,638 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3,6812024: 4,0079%

Drugs named by CMS: 83 in 2024, 78 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Sashibindu Amara offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Amara accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Amara as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Sashibindu Amara received $144 in industry payments from 2017 to 2019

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Amara from 3 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2019. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $106.

General payments to Dr. Amara by program year, 2017 to 2019

Companies that paid Dr. Amara the most, 2017 to 2019

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Sashibindu Amara has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Amara, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Amara

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sashibindu Amara graduated from Gandhi Medical College

Dr. Amara graduated from Gandhi Medical College in 2000.

  1. Medical schoolGandhi Medical College
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sashibindu Amara accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Dr. Amara is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • HCSC
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
  • CMS Medicare
  • +3 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Amara accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO7
  2. HMO6
  3. EPO4
  4. Medicare4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Sashibindu Amara's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Sashibindu Amara's NPI number?

Dr. Sashibindu Amara's NPI number is 1194832493. It was assigned on August 23, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sashibindu Amara?

Dr. Sashibindu Amara is an internist in Burlingame, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Sashibindu Amara practice?

Dr. Amara practices at 1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010. Dr. Amara's primary practice is Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California, part of Sutter Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Amara to 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Sashibindu Amara's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Amara is (650) 696-5400.

What is Dr. Sashibindu Amara's medical license number?

Dr. Amara holds California license C54465, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Sashibindu Amara been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Amara in California (2010 to 2026) and Washington (2005 to 2012).

Which hospitals is Dr. Sashibindu Amara affiliated with?

Dr. Amara practices at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California.

What medical group is Dr. Sashibindu Amara part of?

Dr. Amara is linked to Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group.

Does Dr. Sashibindu Amara accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Amara billed Medicare for 909 services in 2024, and Dr. Amara accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Sashibindu Amara offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Amara as offering telehealth services.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sashibindu Amara see?

CMS counts 338 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Amara in 2024, with an average age of 76.

Is Dr. Sashibindu Amara board certified?

Yes. Dr. Amara is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Sashibindu Amara bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Amara's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G0439) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Sashibindu Amara go to medical school?

Dr. Amara graduated from Gandhi Medical College in 2000.

What drugs does Dr. Sashibindu Amara prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Amara's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Levothyroxine Sodium.

Has Dr. Sashibindu Amara received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $144 in general payments to Dr. Amara from 3 companies from 2017 to 2019. The largest total came from Abbott Laboratories.

How long has Dr. Sashibindu Amara been practicing?

Dr. Amara graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Sashibindu Amara accept?

Dr. Amara is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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