Dr. Nimish Naresh Dhruva, MD

Dr. Dhruva practices at Piedmont Heart Institute in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Dr. Dhruva's NPI, 1760487920, was assigned on June 15, 2005. Dr. Dhruva graduated from Baroda Medical College in 1990. Dr. Dhruva's Georgia license number on file is 045200.

Dr. Dhruva's primary practice is Piedmont Heart Institute, at 1267 Highway 54 W, Fayetteville, GA 30214 in Fayette County. The practice phone is (404) 605-2800.

Dr. Dhruva's primary practice is Piedmont Heart Institute in Fayetteville, Georgia. Dr. Dhruva is also affiliated with Piedmont Fayette Hospital. The medical group on file is Piedmont Heart Institute. Dmand AI also links Dr. Dhruva to 4 more hospitals, 4 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Dhruva practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Dhruva's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Dhruva is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Dhruva's licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and Rhode Island.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, aortic atherosclerois, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy and cerebrovascular disease among the conditions Dr. Dhruva treats.

CMS data shows 6,303 Medicare services from Dr. Dhruva across 36 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,888 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $241,064 for them.

CMS counts 1,888 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dhruva in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 784 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.81, 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. Dhruva's median patient age at 69, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Dhruva wrote 11,324 Medicare Part D claims for 1,213 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11,066 of them, across 75 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,873,148 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 10,363 claims across 75 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Dhruva for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Dhruva accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Dhruva. Dr. Dhruva has published most often in Am J Emerg Med. Dr. Dhruva's most frequent co-author is Peter R. Donaldson, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 225 general payments to Dr. Dhruva from 37 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 86% of the total. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. paid the most, $1,228.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Dhruva, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Dhruva graduated from Baroda Medical College in 1990. Dr. Dhruva is a member of ACC.

Dr. Dhruva is in network with 16 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.