$89,315 in research paymentsSleep Apnea, ObstructiveSleep Apnea SyndromesTirzepatide
Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara, MD
NPI1114980067PAC ID4688661358
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,457
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 704
- Part D claims, 2024
- 947
- Clinical trials
- 2
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Practice address
- 1834 SW 1st Ave, Ocala, FL 34471
- Practice phone
- Call (352) 732-5552
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Ocala Lung & Critical Care Assocates Inc
Ocala, Florida
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Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara is a pulmonologist in Ocala, Florida
Dr. Karunakara practices at Ocala Lung & Critical Care Assocates Inc in Ocala, Florida.
Dr. Karunakara's NPI, 1114980067, was assigned on April 11, 2006. Dr. Karunakara holds Florida license ME87174.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1114980067NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4688661358
- NPI enumeration date
- April 11, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (352) 732-5552
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 60
- Medical school graduation
- 1992
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara practices at Ocala Lung & Critical Care Assocates Inc in Ocala, Florida
Dr. Karunakara's primary practice is Ocala Lung & Critical Care Assocates Inc, at 1834 SW 1st Ave, Ocala, FL 34471 in Marion County. The practice phone is (352) 732-5552.
- Ocala Lung & Critical Care Assocates Inc1834 SW 1st Ave, Ocala, FL 34471 · Marion CountyPhone(352) 732-5552
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Karunakara's primary practice is Ocala Lung & Critical Care Assocates Inc in Ocala, Florida. Dr. Karunakara is also affiliated with HCA Florida Ocala Hospital. The medical group on file is SCP Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Karunakara to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Ocala Lung & Critical Care Assocates IncPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Karunakara practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Ocala Lung & Critical Care Assocates Inc | Available with a free account |
| +5 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara is one of 934 pulmonologists in Florida
Pulmonary disease is Dr. Karunakara's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Karunakara is licensed in Florida.
Specialties and state licenses
- Pulmonary disease, FloridaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara billed Medicare for 2,457 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,457 Medicare services from Dr. Karunakara across 27 procedure codes in 2024, for 704 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $198,996 for them.
Medicare services, 20242,457
Medicare patients704
Paid by Medicare$198,996
Procedure codes27
Dr. Karunakara's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,4222024: 1,3654%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 4922024: 5369%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3652024: 47029%
- Surgery
- 2023: 942024: 869%
- Imaging
- 2023: 192024: 0100%
Where Dr. Karunakara's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,77172%
- In a facility68628%
Dr. Karunakara compared with the Florida median for pulmonologists, 2024
- Dr. Karunakara
- Florida median
- Medicare services
- 2,457vs 1,0022.5 times
- Medicare patients
- 704vs 40873% above
- Part D claims
- 809vs 63727% above
Medians across 895 pulmonologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Karunakara'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. Raj Gopal Karunakara treated 704 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 704 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Karunakara in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 296 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.09, 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. Karunakara's median patient age at 72, with 52% women.
Medicare patients, 2024704
Average age75
Average risk score2.09
Also on Medicaid13%
Dr. Karunakara's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Karunakara's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women38154%
- Men32346%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Karunakara's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease64%
- COPD58%
- Arthritis53%
- Diabetes48%
- Heart failure47%
- Chronic kidney disease42%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Karunakara's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women52%
- Men47%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara wrote 947 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Karunakara wrote 947 Medicare Part D claims for 223 patients. CMS names the drug for 809 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,342,076 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 572 claims across 16 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024947
Drugs named by CMS21
Total drug cost$1.3M
Part D patients223
Dr. Karunakara'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. Karunakara's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics4%36 of 947 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: 5722024: 80941%
Drugs named by CMS: 21 in 2024, 16 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. Raj Gopal Karunakara scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Karunakara for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Karunakara accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
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. Raj Gopal Karunakara has worked on 2 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Karunakara to 2 clinical trials. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Sleep Apnea, Obstructive and Sleep Apnea Syndromes. Eli Lilly and Company sponsors the most, 2. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Karunakara that name 2 trials.
Conditions in Dr. Karunakara's trials
- Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Karunakara
- Mira Baron, MD, CPI2 shared trials
- Blair Brengle, MD2 shared trials
- John Douglas Hudson, MD2 shared trials
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Karunakara
A Study of Retatrutide (LY3437943) in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Who Have Obesity or Overweight (opens in a new tab)
Active, not recruiting
$106,823 in research paymentsSleep Apnea, ObstructiveSleep Apnea SyndromesRetatrutide
Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara received $22,381 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 612 general payments to Dr. Karunakara from 59 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 72% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $4,169. It also lists 9 research payments totaling $196,138 from 2022 to 2024, naming 2 clinical trials.
General payments to Dr. Karunakara by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Karunakara by kind, 2016 to 2025
$22.4Kin total
- Food and beverage$16,19772%
- Education$3,10214%
- Travel and lodging$2,83213%
- Speaker and faculty fees$2511%
Companies that paid Dr. Karunakara the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
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What is Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara's NPI number?
Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara's NPI number is 1114980067. It was assigned on April 11, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara?
Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara is a pulmonologist in Ocala, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).
Where does Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara practice?
Dr. Karunakara practices at 1834 SW 1st Ave, Ocala, FL 34471. Dr. Karunakara's primary practice is Ocala Lung & Critical Care Assocates Inc in Ocala, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Karunakara to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Karunakara is (352) 732-5552.
What is Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara's medical license number?
Dr. Karunakara holds Florida license ME87174.
Which hospitals is Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara affiliated with?
Dr. Karunakara is affiliated with HCA Florida Ocala Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Karunakara to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara part of?
Dr. Karunakara is linked to SCP Health. Dmand AI links Dr. Karunakara to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Karunakara billed Medicare for 2,457 services in 2024, and Dr. Karunakara accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara's MIPS score?
Dr. Karunakara's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara see?
CMS counts 704 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Karunakara in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Karunakara's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), hospital inpatient care (99233) and hospital inpatient care (99223).
What drugs does Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Karunakara's most prescribed drugs by claims were Trelegy Ellipta, Albuterol Sulfate Hfa and Breztri Aerosphere.
Has Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $22,381 in general payments to Dr. Karunakara from 59 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara been practicing?
Dr. Karunakara graduated from medical school in 1992, 34 years ago.
Does Dr. Raj Gopal Karunakara do research?
Dr. Karunakara has worked on 2 clinical trials.
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