Dr. Nitin Kumar, MD

Dr. Kumar practices at HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Illinois, part of Hospital Sisters of St. Francis.

Dr. Kumar's NPI, 1104002245, was assigned on January 18, 2008. Dr. Kumar holds Illinois license 036-134693.

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, at 503 N Maple Street, Effingham, IL 62401 in Effingham County. The practice phone is (217) 342-2121.

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Illinois, part of Hospital Sisters of St. Francis. Dr. Kumar is also affiliated with HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital. The medical group on file is HSHS Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kumar practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Kumar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Kumar is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Kumar's licenses on file in 2 states: Illinois and Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 445 Medicare services from Dr. Kumar across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 274 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $44,692 for them.

CMS counts 274 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 130 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kumar's median patient age at 67, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kumar wrote 895 Medicare Part D claims for 209 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 825 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $457,216 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 971 claims across 21 drugs.

Dr. Kumar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 74 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Kumar, more than 72% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 118 papers to Dr. Kumar, published from 2011 to 2025. 2017 was the busiest year, with 12. The most frequent topics are Genome, Bacterial, Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Bacterial Proteins. Dr. Kumar has published most often in Gastrointest Endosc. Dr. Kumar's most frequent co-authors are Hiroyuki Aihara, MD, Marvin Ryou, MD and Shelby A. Sullivan, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 185 general payments to Dr. Kumar from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 71% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $1,245.