Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
Adaptation, PsychologicalAffectCatastrophization
Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula, MD
NPI1598942328PAC ID0143495788
- Medicare services, 2024
- 902
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 390
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,705
- Publications
- 2
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 1121 S Clifton Ave, Wichita, KS 67218
- Practice phone
- Call (316) 268-5000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Ascension Via Christi Physician Group
Wichita, Kansas
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Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula is a rheumatologist in Wichita, Kansas
Dr. Kurakula practices at Ascension Via Christi Physician Group in Wichita, Kansas.
Dr. Kurakula's NPI, 1598942328, was assigned on January 23, 2008. Dr. Kurakula holds Kansas license 0435298.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1598942328NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0143495788
- NPI enumeration date
- January 23, 2008
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (316) 268-5000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 52
- Medical school graduation
- 2000
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula practices at Ascension Via Christi Physician Group in Wichita, Kansas
Dr. Kurakula's primary practice is Ascension Via Christi Physician Group, at 1121 S Clifton Ave, Wichita, KS 67218 in Sedgwick County. The practice phone is (316) 268-5000.
- Ascension Via Christi Physician Group1121 S Clifton Ave, Wichita, KS 67218 · Sedgwick CountyPhone(316) 268-5000
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Kurakula's primary practice is Ascension Via Christi Physician Group in Wichita, Kansas. Dr. Kurakula is also affiliated with Ascension Via Christi St. Francis. The medical group on file is Ascension Medical Group Via Christi on Murdock. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kurakula to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Ascension Via Christi Physician GroupPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kurakula practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Ascension Via Christi Physician Group | Available with a free account |
| +7 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula is one of 45 rheumatologists in Kansas
Rheumatology is Dr. Kurakula's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dmand AI has Dr. Kurakula's licenses on file in 2 states: Kansas and Wisconsin.
Specialties and state licenses
- Rheumatology, KansasPrimary
- Student in an organized health care education/training program, Wisconsin
Rheumatologists near Dr. Kurakula
Counts of rheumatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
45rheumatologists in Kansas
9rheumatologists in Wichita
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula billed Medicare for 902 services in 2024
CMS data shows 902 Medicare services from Dr. Kurakula across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 390 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $55,134 for them.
Medicare services, 2024902
Medicare patients390
Paid by Medicare$55,134
Procedure codes6
Dr. Kurakula's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 8312024: 8533%
- Surgery
- 2023: 412024: 387%
- Imaging
- 2023: 212024: 1148%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 3,3412024: 0100%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 932024: 0100%
Where Dr. Kurakula's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office516%
- In a facility85194%
Dr. Kurakula compared with the Kansas median for rheumatologists, 2024
- Dr. Kurakula
- Kansas median
- Medicare services
- 902vs 1,24828% below
- Medicare patients
- 390vs 29034% above
- Part D claims
- 3,574vs 1,1533.1 times
Medians across 47 rheumatologists in Kansas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kurakula'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. Preethi C. Kurakula treated 390 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 390 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kurakula in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 189 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 68% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.41, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kurakula's median patient age at 69, with 73% women.
Medicare patients, 2024390
Average age72
Average risk score1.41
Also on Medicaid9%
Dr. Kurakula's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Kurakula's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women29074%
- Men10026%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kurakula's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure68%
- High cholesterol64%
- Osteoporosis31%
- Ischemic heart disease26%
- Mood disorders26%
- Diabetes25%
- Depression24%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kurakula's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 69
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women73%
- Men26%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula wrote 3,705 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kurakula wrote 3,705 Medicare Part D claims for 451 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,574 of them, across 37 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,621,386 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,084 claims across 32 drugs.
Part D claims, 20243,705
Drugs named by CMS37
Total drug cost$2.6M
Part D patients451
Dr. Kurakula's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic3,101 claims84%
- Brand-name604 claims16%
Dr. Kurakula'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. Kurakula's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids7%268 of 3,705 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: 3,0842024: 3,57416%
Drugs named by CMS: 37 in 2024, 32 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
Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Kurakula accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Kurakula as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Kurakula. The most frequent topics are Adaptation, Psychological, Catastrophization and Cognition. Dr. Kurakula has published most often in Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Dr. Kurakula's most frequent co-author is Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber, MD.
Papers2
Topics Dr. Kurakula writes about most
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Catastrophization
- Cognition
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Musculoskeletal System
- Pain
- Self Efficacy
- Stress, Psychological
Dr. Kurakula's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Kurakula
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
Adaptation, PsychologicalCatastrophizationCognition
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula received $8,084 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 608 general payments to Dr. Kurakula from 30 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $1,012.
General payments to Dr. Kurakula by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Kurakula by kind, 2016 to 2025
$8.1Kin total
- Food and beverage$8,059100%
- Education$240%
Companies that paid Dr. Kurakula 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. Preethi C. Kurakula'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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. Preethi C. Kurakula's NPI number?
Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula's NPI number is 1598942328. It was assigned on January 23, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula?
Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula is a rheumatologist in Wichita, Kansas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).
Where does Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula practice?
Dr. Kurakula practices at 1121 S Clifton Ave, Wichita, KS 67218. Dr. Kurakula's primary practice is Ascension Via Christi Physician Group in Wichita, Kansas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kurakula to 4 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kurakula is (316) 268-5000.
What is Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula's medical license number?
Dr. Kurakula holds Kansas license 0435298, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Kurakula in Kansas and Wisconsin.
Which hospitals is Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula affiliated with?
Dr. Kurakula is affiliated with Ascension Via Christi St. Francis. Dmand AI links Dr. Kurakula to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula part of?
Dr. Kurakula is linked to Ascension Medical Group Via Christi on Murdock. Dmand AI links Dr. Kurakula to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kurakula billed Medicare for 902 services in 2024, and Dr. Kurakula accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Kurakula as offering telehealth services.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula see?
CMS counts 390 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kurakula in 2024, with an average age of 72.
What services does Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kurakula's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99215) and office visit, new patient (99204).
What drugs does Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kurakula's most prescribed drugs by claims were Methotrexate, Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate and Prednisone.
Has Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $8,084 in general payments to Dr. Kurakula from 30 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.
How long has Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula been practicing?
Dr. Kurakula graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.
Does Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Kurakula.
Who does Dr. Preethi C. Kurakula publish with?
Dr. Kurakula's most frequent co-authors are Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber, MD (2 shared papers).
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