Dr. Neelam Mantri Bhalla, MD

Dr. Bhalla practices at Fremont Medical Center in Fremont, California, part of Kaiser Permanente.

Dr. Bhalla's NPI, 1639118052, was assigned on June 5, 2006. Dr. Bhalla graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1984. Dr. Bhalla holds California license C51287.

Dr. Bhalla's primary practice is Fremont Medical Center, at 39400 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538 in Alameda County. The practice phone is (510) 784-4000.

Dr. Bhalla's primary practice is Fremont Medical Center in Fremont, California, part of Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Bhalla is also affiliated with San Leandro Medical Center. The medical group on file is The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bhalla to 2 more dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bhalla practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure among the conditions Dr. Bhalla treats.

CMS data shows 51 Medicare services from Dr. Bhalla across 1 procedure code in 2022, for 22 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,144 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 22 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhalla in 2024. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have diabetes. Their average risk score is 8.05, 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. Bhalla's median patient age at 67, with 43% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bhalla wrote 1,324 Medicare Part D claims for 232 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,082 of them, across 29 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $123,726 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,126 claims across 32 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Bhalla, published from 2022 to 2025. Dr. Bhalla's most frequent co-authors are Neiha Arora, MD, Alan S. Go, MD and Tracy Y. Jonelis, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 6 general payments to Dr. Bhalla from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. paid the most, $257.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Bhalla, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2011.

Dr. Bhalla graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1984.

Dr. Bhalla is in network with 5 carriers, including Elevance, Kaiser Permanente and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.