Dr. Punit Baveja, MD

Dr. Baveja practices at UNC Health Blue Ridge in Morganton, North Carolina, part of University of North Carolina Health Care System.

Dr. Baveja's NPI, 1548468754, was assigned on July 10, 2007. Dr. Baveja holds North Carolina license 2012-01337.

Dr. Baveja's primary practice is UNC Health Blue Ridge, at 2201 S Sterling St, Morganton, NC 28655 in Burke County. The practice phone is (828) 580-5000.

Dr. Baveja's primary practice is UNC Health Blue Ridge in Morganton, North Carolina, part of University of North Carolina Health Care System. Dr. Baveja is also affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The medical group on file is Atrium Health Cleveland Imaging. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baveja to 6 more hospitals, 22 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Hospitalist is Dr. Baveja's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Baveja's licenses on file in 3 states: North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

CMS data shows 945 Medicare services from Dr. Baveja across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 396 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $72,359 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 396 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baveja in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 141 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 29% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.49, 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. Baveja's median patient age at 75, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Baveja wrote 273 Medicare Part D claims for 124 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 83 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $436 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 230 claims across 12 drugs.

Dr. Baveja accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 54 general payments to Dr. Baveja from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $311.