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Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani, MD
NPI1730318817PAC ID1456500164
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,148
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 408
- Part D claims, 2024
- 2,036
- Publications
- 2
- MIPS score, 2024
- 94
- Practice address
- 114 E Brandon Blvd, Brandon, FL 33511
- Practice phone
- Call (813) 657-2783
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
DaVita Brandon East Dialysis
Dialysis Center - Independent · Brandon, Florida
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Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani is a nephrologist in Brandon, Florida
Dr. Bhalani practices at DaVita Brandon East Dialysis in Brandon, Florida.
Dr. Bhalani's NPI, 1730318817, was assigned on July 9, 2009. Dr. Bhalani graduated from Saba University School of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Bhalani holds Florida license ME123975.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1730318817NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1456500164
- NPI enumeration date
- July 9, 2009
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (813) 657-2783
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 44
- Medical school graduation
- 2008
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani practices at DaVita Brandon East Dialysis in Brandon, Florida
Dr. Bhalani's primary practice is DaVita Brandon East Dialysis, at 114 E Brandon Blvd, Brandon, FL 33511 in Hillsborough County. The practice phone is (813) 657-2783.
- DaVita Brandon East Dialysis114 E Brandon Blvd, Brandon, FL 33511 · Hillsborough CountyPhone(813) 657-2783
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Bhalani's primary practice is DaVita Brandon East Dialysis in Brandon, Florida. Dr. Bhalani is also affiliated with HCA Florida Brandon Hospital. The medical group on file is Florida Kidney Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bhalani to 4 more hospitals, 1 dialysis center and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
DaVita Brandon East DialysisPrimary
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bhalani practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| DaVita Brandon East Dialysis | Available with a free account |
| +7 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani is one of 917 nephrologists in Florida
Nephrology is Dr. Bhalani's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Bhalani is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Bhalani's licenses on file in 4 states: Florida, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, FloridaPrimary
- Texas license
- New York license
- Internal medicine, Pennsylvania
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, hypercalcemia and parathyroid gland disorder among the conditions Dr. Bhalani treats.
Nephrologists near Dr. Bhalani
Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani billed Medicare for 2,148 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,148 Medicare services from Dr. Bhalani across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 408 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $188,592 for them.
Medicare services, 20242,148
Medicare patients408
Paid by Medicare$188,592
Procedure codes13
Dr. Bhalani's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,0892024: 1,41029%
- Other services
- 2023: 192024: 3701847%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 4362024: 36816%
Where Dr. Bhalani's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,56273%
- In a facility58627%
Dr. Bhalani compared with the Florida median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Bhalani
- Florida median
- Medicare services
- 2,148vs 1,49044% above
- Medicare patients
- 408vs 3875% above
- Part D claims
- 1,742vs 93487% above
Medians across 882 nephrologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Bhalani'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. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani treated 408 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 408 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhalani in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 153 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.40, 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. Bhalani's median patient age at 70, with 49% women.
Medicare patients, 2024408
Average age74
Average risk score4.40
Also on Medicaid24%
Dr. Bhalani's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Bhalani's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women20951%
- Men19949%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Bhalani's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes67%
- Ischemic heart disease57%
- Heart failure56%
- Arthritis55%
- Atrial fibrillation40%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Bhalani's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 70
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women49%
- Men49%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani wrote 2,036 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Bhalani wrote 2,036 Medicare Part D claims for 343 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,742 of them, across 33 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $213,485 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,561 claims across 29 drugs.
Part D claims, 20242,036
Drugs named by CMS33
Total drug cost$213,485
Part D patients343
Dr. Bhalani's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,827 claims90%
- Brand-name209 claims10%
Dr. Bhalani'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. Bhalani's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics1%14 of 2,036 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: 1,5612024: 1,74212%
Drugs named by CMS: 33 in 2024, 29 in 2023.
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. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Bhalani for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Bhalani accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Bhalani as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Bhalani's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 94of 100Final score
- 77.1of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Bhalani in 2011. Dr. Bhalani's most frequent co-author is Paul Sachs, MD.
Papers2
Dr. Bhalani's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Bhalani
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani received $1,802 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 86 general payments to Dr. Bhalani from 29 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. paid the most, $304.
General payments to Dr. Bhalani by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Bhalani by kind, 2016 to 2025
$1.8Kin total
- Food and beverage$1,70094%
- Education$1026%
Companies that paid Dr. Bhalani the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani graduated from Saba University School of Medicine
Dr. Bhalani graduated from Saba University School of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Bhalani is a member of SHM.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
- Board certified in nephrology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers
Dr. Bhalani is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- United Healthcare
- Cigna
- Elevance
- HCSC
- Humana
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- +10 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Bhalani accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO12
- HMO10
- Medicare9
- EPO4
- POS2
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani's NPI number?
Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani's NPI number is 1730318817. It was assigned on July 9, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani?
Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani is a nephrologist in Brandon, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani practice?
Dr. Bhalani practices at 114 E Brandon Blvd, Brandon, FL 33511. Dr. Bhalani's primary practice is DaVita Brandon East Dialysis in Brandon, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bhalani to 4 hospitals, 1 dialysis center and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Bhalani is (813) 657-2783.
What is Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani's medical license number?
Dr. Bhalani holds Florida license ME123975, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.
Which states has Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Bhalani in Florida (2015 to 2027), Texas (2015 to 2020), New York (2013 to 2018) and Pennsylvania (2012 to 2016).
Which hospitals is Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani affiliated with?
Dr. Bhalani is affiliated with HCA Florida Brandon Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Bhalani to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani part of?
Dr. Bhalani is linked to Florida Kidney Physicians.
Does Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bhalani billed Medicare for 2,148 services in 2024, and Dr. Bhalani accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Bhalani as offering telehealth services.
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What is Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani's MIPS score?
Dr. Bhalani's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani see?
CMS counts 408 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhalani in 2024, with an average age of 74.
Is Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani board certified?
Yes. Dr. Bhalani is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Bhalani's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), medicare service (G2211) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani go to medical school?
Dr. Bhalani graduated from Saba University School of Medicine in 2008.
What drugs does Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bhalani's most prescribed drugs by claims were Allopurinol, Carvedilol and Losartan Potassium.
Has Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,802 in general payments to Dr. Bhalani from 29 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani been practicing?
Dr. Bhalani graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.
Does Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Bhalani.
Who does Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani publish with?
Dr. Bhalani's most frequent co-authors are Paul Sachs, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Viraj Vinayak Bhalani accept?
Dr. Bhalani is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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