Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar, MD

  • Santa Clara, CA
  • Nephrologist
NPI1457617896PAC ID2264731454
Medicare services, 2024
1,940
Medicare patients, 2024
600
Part D claims, 2024
1,233
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
710 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051
Practice phone
Call (408) 392-0390
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Primary practice

Silicon Valley Dialysis

Santa Clara, California

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Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar is a nephrologist in Santa Clara, California

Dr. Kumar practices at Silicon Valley Dialysis in Santa Clara, California.

Dr. Kumar's NPI, 1457617896, was assigned on April 10, 2012. Dr. Kumar graduated from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2008. Dr. Kumar holds California license A129176.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2264731454
NPI enumeration date
April 10, 2012
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(408) 392-0390
Professional email
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
40
Medical school graduation
2008

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

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar practices at Silicon Valley Dialysis in Santa Clara, California

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Silicon Valley Dialysis, at 710 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051 in Santa Clara County. The practice phone is (408) 392-0390.

  • Silicon Valley Dialysis
    710 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051 · Santa Clara CountyPhone(408) 392-0390

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Silicon Valley Dialysis in Santa Clara, California. Dr. Kumar is also affiliated with Santa Clara Medical Center. The medical group on file is The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Silicon Valley DialysisAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California

Nephrology is Dr. Kumar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Kumar is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Kumar's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Nevada.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A129176 · 2024 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RN0300X
  • Internal medicine, NevadaLicense 16978 · 2017 to 2027 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances and parathyroid gland disorder among the conditions Dr. Kumar treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Kumar

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

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar billed Medicare for 1,940 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,940 Medicare services from Dr. Kumar across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 600 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $180,681 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,940
Medicare patients600
Paid by Medicare$180,681
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,7612024: 1,6854%
Other services
2023: 02024: 155
Tests and treatments
2023: 732024: 10037%

Where Dr. Kumar's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office44923%
  • In a facility1,49177%

Dr. Kumar compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Kumar
  • California median
Medicare services
1,940vs 1,08479% above
Medicare patients
600vs 30795% above
Part D claims
1,046vs 95510% above

Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

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

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar treated 600 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 600 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 233 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.08, 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 63, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024600
Average age74
Average risk score4.08
Also on Medicaid30%

Dr. Kumar's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Kumar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women30451%
  • Men29649%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes65%
  5. Ischemic heart disease63%
  6. Heart failure57%
  7. Arthritis53%
  8. Atrial fibrillation50%

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

Dr. Kumar's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 63

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men52%

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

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar wrote 1,233 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kumar wrote 1,233 Medicare Part D claims for 181 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,046 of them, across 31 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $175,719 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,032 claims across 26 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,233
Drugs named by CMS31
Total drug cost$175,719
Part D patients181

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

  • Generic976 claims79%
  • Brand-name257 claims21%

Dr. Kumar'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. Kumar's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics1%15 of 1,233 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: 1,0322024: 1,0461%

Drugs named by CMS: 31 in 2024, 26 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

How Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar takes part in Medicare

Dr. Kumar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Kumar.

Papers1

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Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar received $1,510 in industry payments from 2016 to 2022

CMS Open Payments shows 9 general payments to Dr. Kumar from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2022. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 53% of the total. Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. paid the most, $1,222. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $65 in 2018.

General payments to Dr. Kumar by program year, 2016 to 2022

General payments to Dr. Kumar by kind, 2016 to 2022

$1.5Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$80453%
  • Food and beverage$70647%

Companies that paid Dr. Kumar the most, 2016 to 2022

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Kumar, most recently AOA Inductee 2011 in 2011.

Awards and honors for Dr. Kumar

  1. 2011
    • AOA Inductee 2011

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar graduated from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Dr. Kumar graduated from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2008. Dr. Kumar is a member of AOA.

  1. Medical schoolJacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in nephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. Board certified in internal medicineNational Board of Physicians and Surgeons

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar accepts plans from 10 insurance carriers

Dr. Kumar is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Kumar accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO8
  2. Medicare5
  3. PPO5
  4. POS4
  5. EPO2
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
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. Jennifer V. Kumar's NPI number?

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar's NPI number is 1457617896. It was assigned on April 10, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar?

Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar is a nephrologist in Santa Clara, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar practice?

Dr. Kumar practices at 710 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051. Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Silicon Valley Dialysis in Santa Clara, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kumar is (408) 392-0390.

What is Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar's medical license number?

Dr. Kumar holds California license A129176, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Kumar in California (2024 to 2026) and Nevada (2017 to 2027).

Which hospitals is Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar affiliated with?

Dr. Kumar is affiliated with Santa Clara Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar part of?

Dr. Kumar is linked to The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Dmand AI links Dr. Kumar to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kumar billed Medicare for 1,940 services in 2024, and Dr. Kumar accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar see?

CMS counts 600 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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Is Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Kumar's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99232) and hospital inpatient care (99223).

Where did Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar go to medical school?

Dr. Kumar graduated from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2008.

What drugs does Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kumar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Farxiga, Losartan Potassium and Nifedipine ER.

Has Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,510 in general payments to Dr. Kumar from 4 companies from 2016 to 2022. The largest total came from Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.

How long has Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar been practicing?

Dr. Kumar graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.

Does Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Kumar.

What insurance does Dr. Jennifer V. Kumar accept?

Dr. Kumar is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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