Dr. Ashok Kumar Kanugula, MD

Dr. Kanugula practices at Wellstar Cobb Medical Center in Austell, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System.

Dr. Kanugula's NPI, 1487919908, was assigned on July 10, 2012. Dr. Kanugula holds Georgia license 88543.

Dr. Kanugula's primary practice is Wellstar Cobb Medical Center, at 3950 Austell Rd, Austell, GA 30106 in Cobb County. The practice phone is (770) 732-4000.

Dr. Kanugula's primary practice is Wellstar Cobb Medical Center in Austell, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System. Dr. Kanugula is also affiliated with Wellstar Spalding Medical Center. The medical group on file is Wellstar Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kanugula to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kanugula practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Kanugula's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Kanugula's licenses on file in 3 states: Georgia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 382 Medicare services from Dr. Kanugula across 8 procedure codes in 2021, for 15 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,212 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 15 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kanugula in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 0 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 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. Kanugula's median patient age at 66, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kanugula wrote 203 Medicare Part D claims for 39 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 38 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $206 in total drug cost. In 2019, CMS named 21 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Kanugula for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Kanugula accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 12 papers to Dr. Kanugula, published from 2020 to 2024. 2023 was the busiest year, with 6. Dr. Kanugula has published most often in Cureus. Dr. Kanugula's most frequent co-authors are Anvitha Reddy Ankireddypalli, MD, Sonu G. Singh, MD and Michael S. Albosta, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 15 general payments to Dr. Kanugula from 6 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $99.