Dr. Jigarkumar R. Parikh, MD

Dr. Parikh practices at Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System.

Dr. Parikh's NPI, 1073775722, was assigned on June 25, 2008. Dr. Parikh holds Georgia license 066046.

Dr. Parikh's primary practice is Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center, at 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912 in Richmond County. The practice phone is (706) 721-6569.

Dr. Parikh's primary practice is Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System. Dr. Parikh is also affiliated with Piedmont Augusta. The medical group on file is Wellstar Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Parikh to 3 more hospitals and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Parikh practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hematology and oncology is Dr. Parikh's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RH0003X. Dr. Parikh is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 2,318 Medicare services from Dr. Parikh across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 458 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $168,457 for them.

CMS counts 458 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Parikh in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 188 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 72% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.34, 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. Parikh's median patient age at 73, with 44% women.

In 2024, Dr. Parikh wrote 2,010 Medicare Part D claims for 324 patients. 62% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,667 of them, across 48 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $6,877,313 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,847 claims across 51 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Parikh for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Parikh accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Parikh as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Parikh, published from 2013 to 2022. Dr. Parikh's most frequent co-authors are Zachery Clint Branham, DO, Cole A. Giller, MD and Omid Hamid, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Parikh to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Brain Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms, Male and Carcinoma, Renal Cell.

CMS Open Payments shows 735 general payments to Dr. Parikh from 56 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 65% of the total. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company paid the most, $98,759.