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Dr. Pramod Kakarala, MD
NPI1972881795PAC ID0143473850
- Medicare services, 2024
- 807
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 460
- Part D claims, 2024
- 31,951
- Publications
- 1
- Hospital affiliations
- 4
- Practice address
- 1199 Prince Avenue, Athens, GA 30606
- Practice phone
- Call (706) 475-7000
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Pramod Kakarala is a hospitalist in Athens, Georgia
Dr. Kakarala practices at Piedmont Athens Regional in Athens, Georgia, part of Piedmont Healthcare.
Dr. Kakarala's NPI, 1972881795, was assigned on July 27, 2011. Dr. Kakarala holds Georgia license 072312.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1972881795NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0143473850
- NPI enumeration date
- July 27, 2011
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (706) 475-7000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 42
- Medical school graduation
- 2010
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Pramod Kakarala practices at Piedmont Athens Regional in Athens, Georgia
Dr. Kakarala's primary practice is Piedmont Athens Regional, at 1199 Prince Avenue, Athens, GA 30606 in Clarke County. The practice phone is (706) 475-7000.
- Piedmont Athens Regional1199 Prince Avenue, Athens, GA 30606 · Clarke CountyPhone(706) 475-7000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Pramod Kakarala is affiliated with 11 sites of care and 6 medical groups
Dr. Kakarala's primary practice is Piedmont Athens Regional in Athens, Georgia, part of Piedmont Healthcare. Dr. Kakarala is also affiliated with Grady Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is eVirtualcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kakarala to 2 more hospitals, 5 medical groups, 4 skilled nursing facilities, 2 hospices and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Grady Memorial HospitaleVirtualcare2 hospitalsNames with a free account5 medical groupsNames with a free account4 skilled nursing facilitiesNames with a free account2 hospicesNames with a free account1 group practice or clinicName with a free account
See all 17 affiliations for Dr. KakaralaSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Pramod Kakarala's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kakarala practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Piedmont Athens Regional | Available with a free account |
| +10 more sites and 5 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Pramod Kakarala is one of 976 hospitalists in Georgia
Hospitalist is Dr. Kakarala's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dr. Kakarala is licensed in Georgia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Hospitalist, GeorgiaPrimary
Hospitalists near Dr. Kakarala
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Pramod Kakarala billed Medicare for 807 services in 2024
CMS data shows 807 Medicare services from Dr. Kakarala across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 460 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $80,229 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Medicare services, 2024807
Medicare patients460
Paid by Medicare$80,229
Procedure codes7
Dr. Kakarala's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 8802024: 8078%
Dr. Kakarala compared with the Georgia median for hospitalists, 2024
- Dr. Kakarala
- Georgia median
- Medicare services
- 807vs 49164% above
- Medicare patients
- 460vs 2302.0 times
- Part D claims
- 31,383vs 85369.2 times
Medians across 942 hospitalists in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kakarala'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. Pramod Kakarala treated 460 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 460 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kakarala in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 144 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 40% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.91, 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. Kakarala's median patient age at 80, with 59% women.
Medicare patients, 2024460
Average age73
Average risk score1.91
Also on Medicaid40%
Dr. Kakarala's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Kakarala's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women26057%
- Men20043%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kakarala's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol73%
- Mood disorders69%
- Anxiety64%
- Depression64%
- Arthritis47%
- Alzheimer's and dementia42%
- Chronic kidney disease40%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kakarala's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 80
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women59%
- Men41%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Pramod Kakarala wrote 31,951 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kakarala wrote 31,951 Medicare Part D claims for 438 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 31,383 of them, across 185 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $641,742 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 54 claims across 3 drugs.
Part D claims, 202431,951
Drugs named by CMS185
Total drug cost$641,742
Part D patients438
Dr. Kakarala's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic27,418 claims86%
- Brand-name4,386 claims14%
- Other147 claims0%
Dr. Kakarala'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. Kakarala's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids1%434 of 31,951 claims
- Antibiotics1%276 of 31,951 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over4%1,194 of 31,951 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: 542024: 31,38358017%
Drugs named by CMS: 185 in 2024, 3 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
How Dr. Pramod Kakarala takes part in Medicare
Dr. Kakarala accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Pramod Kakarala has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Kakarala in 2012. Dr. Kakarala's most frequent co-authors are Elizabeth Gheordunescu, DO and Max S. Wicha, MD.
Papers1
Dr. Kakarala's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Kakarala
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Pramod Kakarala received $6,530 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 141 general payments to Dr. Kakarala from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $2,975.
General payments to Dr. Kakarala by program year, 2016 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Kakarala the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Pramod Kakarala'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) |
| 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) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Pramod Kakarala's NPI number?
Dr. Pramod Kakarala's NPI number is 1972881795. It was assigned on July 27, 2011, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Pramod Kakarala?
Dr. Pramod Kakarala is a hospitalist in Athens, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Hospitalist Physician (taxonomy code 208M00000X).
Where does Dr. Pramod Kakarala practice?
Dr. Kakarala practices at 1199 Prince Avenue, Athens, GA 30606. Dr. Kakarala's primary practice is Piedmont Athens Regional in Athens, Georgia, part of Piedmont Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kakarala to 2 hospitals, 5 medical groups, 4 skilled nursing facilities, 2 hospices and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Pramod Kakarala's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kakarala is (706) 475-7000.
What is Dr. Pramod Kakarala's medical license number?
Dr. Kakarala holds Georgia license 072312.
Which hospitals is Dr. Pramod Kakarala affiliated with?
Dr. Kakarala practices at Piedmont Athens Regional in Athens, Georgia. Dr. Kakarala is also affiliated with Grady Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Kakarala to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Pramod Kakarala part of?
Dr. Kakarala is linked to eVirtualcare. Dmand AI links Dr. Kakarala to 5 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Pramod Kakarala accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kakarala billed Medicare for 807 services in 2024, and Dr. Kakarala accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Pramod Kakarala see?
CMS counts 460 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kakarala in 2024, with an average age of 73.
What services does Dr. Pramod Kakarala bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kakarala's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), nursing facility care (99306) and hospital inpatient care (99223).
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What drugs does Dr. Pramod Kakarala prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kakarala's most prescribed drugs by claims were Levothyroxine Sodium, Famotidine and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Pramod Kakarala received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $6,530 in general payments to Dr. Kakarala from 16 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
How long has Dr. Pramod Kakarala been practicing?
Dr. Kakarala graduated from medical school in 2010, 16 years ago.
Does Dr. Pramod Kakarala do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Kakarala.
Who does Dr. Pramod Kakarala publish with?
Dr. Kakarala's most frequent co-authors are Elizabeth Gheordunescu, DO (1 shared paper) and Max S. Wicha, MD (1 shared paper).
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