Dr. Doddanna Krishna, MD

  • Lancaster, CA
  • Pulmonologist
NPI1285725945
Medicare services, 2024
6,332
Medicare patients, 2024
672
Part D claims, 2024
16,029
MIPS score, 2024
100
Industry payments
$166
Practice address
44215 15th W St, Lancaster, CA 93534
Practice phone
Call (909) 335-8638
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Primary practice

Av Dermatology and Surgery Center

Lancaster, California

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Dr. Doddanna Krishna is a pulmonologist in Lancaster, California

Dr. Krishna practices at Av Dermatology and Surgery Center in Lancaster, California.

Dr. Krishna's NPI, 1285725945, was assigned on September 27, 2006. Dr. Krishna graduated from Government Medical College Vijayanagar in 1979. Dr. Krishna holds California license A43598.

NPI and contact details
NPI enumeration date
September 27, 2006
NPI status
Active
Practice phone
(909) 335-8638
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
74
Medical school graduation
1979

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

Dr. Doddanna Krishna practices at Av Dermatology and Surgery Center in Lancaster, California

Dr. Krishna's primary practice is Av Dermatology and Surgery Center, at 44215 15th W St, Lancaster, CA 93534 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (909) 335-8638.

  • Av Dermatology and Surgery Center
    44215 15th W St, Lancaster, CA 93534 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(909) 335-8638

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

Dr. Doddanna Krishna is affiliated with 1 site of care

Dr. Krishna's primary practice is Av Dermatology and Surgery Center in Lancaster, California.

Av Dermatology and Surgery CenterLancaster, CaliforniaPrimary

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

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Doddanna Krishna's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Av Dermatology and Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Doddanna Krishna is one of 1,339 pulmonologists in California

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Krishna's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Krishna is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Krishna's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pulmonary disease, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A43598 · 1987 to 2027 · taxonomy 207RP1001X
  • Illinois license1983 to 1990

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute respiratory failure, asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic respiratory failure, lung disease: COPD, asthma or bronchitis, pneumonia and pneumonia and respiratory infection among the conditions Dr. Krishna treats.

Pulmonologists near Dr. Krishna

Counts of pulmonologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

1,339pulmonologists in California
5pulmonologists in Lancaster

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

Dr. Doddanna Krishna billed Medicare for 6,332 services in 2024

CMS data shows 6,332 Medicare services from Dr. Krishna across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 672 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $450,499 for them.

Medicare services, 20246,332
Medicare patients672
Paid by Medicare$450,499
Procedure codes11

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 6,3952024: 6,3321%

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

  • In an office1,60625%
  • In a facility4,72675%

Dr. Krishna compared with the California median for pulmonologists, 2024

  • Dr. Krishna
  • California median
Medicare services
6,332vs 6499.8 times
Medicare patients
672vs 2722.5 times
Part D claims
15,089vs 42135.8 times

Medians across 1,263 pulmonologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Krishna'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. Doddanna Krishna treated 672 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 672 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Krishna in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 279 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 69% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.58, 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. Krishna's median patient age at 61, with 59% women.

Medicare patients, 2024672
Average age72
Average risk score2.58
Also on Medicaid69%

Dr. Krishna's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Krishna's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women39659%
  • Men27641%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis63%
  4. COPD59%
  5. Diabetes57%
  6. Anxiety43%
  7. Mood disorders42%
  8. Depression38%

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

Dr. Krishna's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 61

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women59%
  • Men41%

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

Dr. Doddanna Krishna wrote 16,029 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Krishna wrote 16,029 Medicare Part D claims for 812 patients. 75% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 15,089 of them, across 222 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,456,511 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 14,144 claims across 218 drugs.

Part D claims, 202416,029
Drugs named by CMS222
Total drug cost$1.5M
Part D patients812

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

  • Generic12,085 claims75%
  • Brand-name3,757 claims23%
  • Other187 claims1%

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

  • Opioids3%554 of 16,029 claims
  • Antibiotics4%711 of 16,029 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%139 of 16,029 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: 14,1442024: 15,0897%

Drugs named by CMS: 222 in 2024, 218 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. Doddanna Krishna scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Krishna for performance year 2024, reported individually.

Dr. Krishna's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Doddanna Krishna received $166 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023

CMS Open Payments shows 6 general payments to Dr. Krishna from 5 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 92% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $85.

General payments to Dr. Krishna by program year, 2016 to 2023

General payments to Dr. Krishna by kind, 2016 to 2023

$166in total
  • Food and beverage$15392%
  • Education$138%

Companies that paid Dr. Krishna the most, 2016 to 2023

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

Dr. Doddanna Krishna has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Krishna, most recently Checkbook Top Doc in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Krishna

  1. 2013
    • Checkbook Top Doc
  2. Undated
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Doddanna Krishna graduated from Government Medical College Vijayanagar

Dr. Krishna graduated from Government Medical College Vijayanagar in 1979.

  1. Medical schoolGovernment Medical College Vijayanagar
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in pulmonary diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Doddanna Krishna accepts plans from 7 insurance carriers

Dr. Krishna is in network with 7 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • CMS Medicare
  • Molina

Plan types Dr. Krishna accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO5
  3. HMO2
  4. POS2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Doddanna Krishna'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 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 percentilesClinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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. Doddanna Krishna's NPI number?

Dr. Doddanna Krishna's NPI number is 1285725945. It was assigned on September 27, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Doddanna Krishna?

Dr. Doddanna Krishna is a pulmonologist in Lancaster, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).

Where does Dr. Doddanna Krishna practice?

Dr. Krishna practices at 44215 15th W St, Lancaster, CA 93534. Dr. Krishna's primary practice is Av Dermatology and Surgery Center in Lancaster, California.

What is Dr. Doddanna Krishna's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Krishna is (909) 335-8638.

What is Dr. Doddanna Krishna's medical license number?

Dr. Krishna holds California license A43598, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Doddanna Krishna been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Krishna in California (1987 to 2027) and Illinois (1983 to 1990).

Does Dr. Doddanna Krishna accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Krishna billed Medicare for 6,332 services in 2024.

What is Dr. Doddanna Krishna's MIPS score?

Dr. Krishna's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Doddanna Krishna see?

CMS counts 672 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Krishna in 2024, with an average age of 72.

Is Dr. Doddanna Krishna board certified?

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

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What services does Dr. Doddanna Krishna bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Krishna's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), office visit, established patient (99213) and hospital inpatient care (99233).

Where did Dr. Doddanna Krishna go to medical school?

Dr. Krishna graduated from Government Medical College Vijayanagar in 1979.

What drugs does Dr. Doddanna Krishna prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Krishna's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Albuterol Sulfate Hfa and Famotidine.

Has Dr. Doddanna Krishna received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $166 in general payments to Dr. Krishna from 5 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation.

How long has Dr. Doddanna Krishna been practicing?

Dr. Krishna graduated from medical school in 1979, 47 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Doddanna Krishna accept?

Dr. Krishna is in network with 7 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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