Dr. Dinesh Kumar, MD

Dr. Kumar practices at Orange County Heart & Vascular Inc in Tustin, California.

Dr. Kumar's NPI, 1942239306, was assigned on June 30, 2006. Dr. Kumar graduated from Seth G.S. Medical College in 1999. Dr. Kumar holds California license A84090.

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Orange County Heart & Vascular Inc, at 1101 Bryan Ave, Tustin, CA 92780 in Orange County. The practice phone is (714) 617-5163.

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Orange County Heart & Vascular Inc in Tustin, California. Dr. Kumar is also affiliated with Foothill Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is UCI Health Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 4 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kumar practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Kumar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Kumar is board certified in endovascular interventions by the American Board of Endovascular Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Kumar's licenses on file in 4 states: California, New York, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, aortic atherosclerois, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, chronic hypertension and chronic skin ulcer among the conditions Dr. Kumar treats.

CMS data shows 12,473 Medicare services from Dr. Kumar across 34 procedure codes in 2024, for 2,631 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $950,334 for them.

CMS counts 2,631 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 906 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 54% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.64, 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. Kumar's median patient age at 62, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kumar wrote 3,352 Medicare Part D claims for 363 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,189 of them, across 36 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $661,969 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,449 claims across 33 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 59 out of 100 for Dr. Kumar for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Kumar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Kumar as offering telehealth. CMS counts 19 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Kumar, more than 48% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 74 papers to Dr. Kumar, published from 2003 to 2023. 2021 was the busiest year, with 22. The most frequent topics are India, Parkinson Disease and Sheep. Dr. Kumar has published most often in Sci Rep. Dr. Kumar's most frequent co-authors are Neeraj Arora, MD, Al Baha Barqawi, MD and Elward David Crawford, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 47 general payments to Dr. Kumar from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 70% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $1,679.

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

Dr. Kumar graduated from Seth G.S. Medical College in 1999. Dr. Kumar is a member of ACC, ACP, Society for Coronary Angiography and Intervention and Society for Vascular Medicine.

Dr. Kumar is in network with 14 carriers, including Elevance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.