Dr. Atul Vijay Palkar, MD

Dr. Palkar practices at Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, part of Hartford HealthCare.

Dr. Palkar's NPI, 1225326804, was assigned on July 15, 2011. Dr. Palkar holds Connecticut license 55607.

Dr. Palkar's primary practice is Backus Hospital, at 326 Washington St, Norwich, CT 06360 in New London County. The practice phone is (860) 889-8331.

Dr. Palkar's primary practice is Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, part of Hartford HealthCare. Dr. Palkar is also affiliated with Hartford Hospital. The medical group on file is The William W. Backus Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palkar to 3 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. Palkar practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Palkar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Palkar is licensed in Connecticut.

CMS data shows 1,589 Medicare services from Dr. Palkar across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 515 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $138,857 for them.

CMS counts 515 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palkar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 188 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.19, 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. Palkar's median patient age at 69, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Palkar wrote 3,423 Medicare Part D claims for 592 patients. 50% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,253 of them, across 41 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,891,995 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,892 claims across 35 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 98 out of 100 for Dr. Palkar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Palkar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Palkar as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 26 papers to Dr. Palkar, published from 2011 to 2019. 2018 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Diagnosis, Differential, Diaphragm and Ultrasonography. Dr. Palkar has published most often in BMJ Case Rep. Dr. Palkar's most frequent co-authors are Seth Jason Koenig, MD, Makardhwaj Sarvadaman Shrivastava, MBBS and Eric P. Gottesman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 692 general payments to Dr. Palkar from 52 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 85% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $3,679.