Dr. Arun Kumar, MD

Dr. Kumar practices at Turner Hill Dialysis in Decatur, Georgia.

Dr. Kumar's NPI, 1225050057, was assigned on July 24, 2006. Dr. Kumar holds Georgia license 056124.

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Turner Hill Dialysis, at 5255 Snapfinger Park Dr, Decatur, GA 30035 in Dekalb County. The practice phone is (770) 484-8475.

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Turner Hill Dialysis in Decatur, Georgia. Dr. Kumar is also affiliated with Emory Decatur Hospital. The medical group on file is Northwest Nephrology Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 2 more hospitals, 4 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Nephrology is Dr. Kumar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Kumar is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 676 Medicare services from Dr. Kumar across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 184 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $70,004 for them.

CMS counts 184 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 67 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 35% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.43, 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. Kumar's median patient age at 72, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kumar wrote 880 Medicare Part D claims for 174 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 627 of them, across 26 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $83,988 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 555 claims across 21 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Kumar, published from 2018 to 2025. 2025 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Reoperation, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip and Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee. Dr. Kumar has published most often in J Arthroplasty. Dr. Kumar's most frequent co-authors are Cameron K. Ledford, MD, Glenn G. Shi, MD and Benjamin K. Wilke, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 58 general payments to Dr. Kumar from 18 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 95% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $150.