Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha, MD

  • Clearwater, FL
  • Nephrologist
NPI1740275239PAC ID1850365099
Medicare services, 2024
5,255
Medicare patients, 2024
1,505
Part D claims, 2024
5,313
Hospital affiliations
5
Industry payments
$737
Practice address
29296 Us-19 N, Clearwater, FL 33761
Practice phone
Call (727) 863-5418
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Primary practice

Florida Kidney & Hypertension Clinic

Clearwater, Florida

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Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha is a nephrologist in Clearwater, Florida

Dr. Dcunha practices at Florida Kidney & Hypertension Clinic in Clearwater, Florida.

Dr. Dcunha's NPI, 1740275239, was assigned on September 12, 2005. Dr. Dcunha graduated from Kasturba Medical College Manipal in 1995. Dr. Dcunha holds Florida license ME89756.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1850365099
NPI enumeration date
September 12, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(727) 863-5418
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
59
Medical school graduation
1995

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

Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha practices at Florida Kidney & Hypertension Clinic in Clearwater, Florida

Dr. Dcunha's primary practice is Florida Kidney & Hypertension Clinic, at 29296 Us-19 N, Clearwater, FL 33761 in Pinellas County. The practice phone is (727) 863-5418.

  • Florida Kidney & Hypertension Clinic
    29296 Us-19 N, Clearwater, FL 33761 · Pinellas CountyPhone(727) 863-5418

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

Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha is affiliated with 12 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Dcunha's primary practice is Florida Kidney & Hypertension Clinic in Clearwater, Florida. Dr. Dcunha is also affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital. The medical group on file is National Kidney Partners. Dmand AI also links Dr. Dcunha to 4 more hospitals, 4 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics 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. Prakas Thomas Dcunha's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Dcunha practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Florida Kidney & Hypertension ClinicAvailable with a free account
+11 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha is one of 917 nephrologists in Florida

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, FloridaPrimaryLicense ME89756 · 2004 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RN0300X
  • Michigan license1999 to 2006

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic anemia, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, gout, hypercalcemia, kidney cysts and parathyroid gland disorder among the conditions Dr. Dcunha treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Dcunha

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

Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha billed Medicare for 5,255 services in 2024

CMS data shows 5,255 Medicare services from Dr. Dcunha across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,505 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $483,066 for them.

Medicare services, 20245,255
Medicare patients1,505
Paid by Medicare$483,066
Procedure codes17

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4,0602024: 4,3226%
Tests and treatments
2023: 9602024: 9333%

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

  • In an office2,36945%
  • In a facility2,88655%

Dr. Dcunha compared with the Florida median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Dcunha
  • Florida median
Medicare services
5,255vs 1,4903.5 times
Medicare patients
1,505vs 3873.9 times
Part D claims
4,991vs 9345.3 times

Medians across 882 nephrologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Dcunha'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. Prakas Thomas Dcunha treated 1,505 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 1,505 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dcunha in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 595 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.12, 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. Dcunha's median patient age at 76, with 45% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,505
Average age77
Average risk score3.12
Also on Medicaid13%

Dr. Dcunha's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Dcunha's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women69046%
  • Men81554%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Ischemic heart disease59%
  5. Arthritis56%
  6. Diabetes50%
  7. Heart failure45%
  8. Anxiety38%

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

Dr. Dcunha's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 76

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women45%
  • Men53%

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

Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha wrote 5,313 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Dcunha wrote 5,313 Medicare Part D claims for 1,052 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,991 of them, across 56 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $517,987 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,635 claims across 51 drugs.

Part D claims, 20245,313
Drugs named by CMS56
Total drug cost$517,987
Part D patients1,052

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

  • Generic4,877 claims92%
  • Brand-name436 claims8%

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

  • Antibiotics3%145 of 5,313 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: 4,6352024: 4,9918%

Drugs named by CMS: 56 in 2024, 51 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. Prakas Thomas Dcunha offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Dcunha accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Dcunha as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha received $737 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023

CMS Open Payments shows 24 general payments to Dr. Dcunha from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 91% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $180.

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

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

$737in total
  • Food and beverage$66791%
  • Education$709%

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

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha graduated from Kasturba Medical College Manipal

Dr. Dcunha graduated from Kasturba Medical College Manipal in 1995.

  1. Medical schoolKasturba Medical College Manipal
  2. Board certified in nephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers

Dr. Dcunha is in network with 18 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Dcunha accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare12
  2. PPO12
  3. HMO11
  4. POS6
  5. EPO5
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha'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)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
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. Prakas Thomas Dcunha's NPI number?

Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha's NPI number is 1740275239. It was assigned on September 12, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha?

Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha is a nephrologist in Clearwater, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha practice?

Dr. Dcunha practices at 29296 Us-19 N, Clearwater, FL 33761. Dr. Dcunha's primary practice is Florida Kidney & Hypertension Clinic in Clearwater, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Dcunha to 4 hospitals, 4 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Dcunha is (727) 863-5418.

What is Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha's medical license number?

Dr. Dcunha holds Florida license ME89756, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Dcunha in Florida (2004 to 2026) and Michigan (1999 to 2006).

Which hospitals is Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha affiliated with?

Dr. Dcunha is affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Dcunha to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha part of?

Dr. Dcunha is linked to National Kidney Partners. Dmand AI links Dr. Dcunha to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Dcunha billed Medicare for 5,255 services in 2024, and Dr. Dcunha accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Dcunha as offering telehealth services.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha see?

CMS counts 1,505 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dcunha in 2024, with an average age of 77.

Is Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha board certified?

Yes. Dr. Dcunha is board certified in nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Dcunha's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), office visit, established patient (99214) and hospital inpatient care (99231).

Where did Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha go to medical school?

Dr. Dcunha graduated from Kasturba Medical College Manipal in 1995.

What drugs does Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Dcunha's most prescribed drugs by claims were Calcitriol, Spironolactone and Furosemide.

Has Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $737 in general payments to Dr. Dcunha from 8 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha been practicing?

Dr. Dcunha graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Prakas Thomas Dcunha accept?

Dr. Dcunha is in network with 18 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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