Dr. Mehul Balubhai Patel, MD

Dr. Patel practices at DaVita Dialysis Care Of Kannapolis in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

Dr. Patel's NPI, 1750549721, was assigned on May 27, 2008. Dr. Patel holds North Carolina license 2009-01108.

Dr. Patel's primary practice is DaVita Dialysis Care of Kannapolis, at 1607 N Main Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081 in Cabarrus County. The practice phone is (704) 933-0809.

Dr. Patel's primary practice is DaVita Dialysis Care Of Kannapolis in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Dr. Patel is also affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Metrolina Nephrology Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Patel to 3 more hospitals, 1 dialysis center 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. Patel practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Nephrology is Dr. Patel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Patel is licensed in North Carolina.

CMS data shows 6,399 Medicare services from Dr. Patel across 27 procedure codes in 2024, for 447 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $127,331 for them.

CMS counts 447 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Patel in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 161 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.51, 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. Patel's median patient age at 72, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Patel wrote 1,965 Medicare Part D claims for 342 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,780 of them, across 36 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $193,222 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,738 claims across 32 drugs.

Dr. Patel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Patel as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Patel, published from 2022 to 2023. 2023 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, Membrane Proteins and Proteolysis. Dr. Patel has published most often in FEBS J.

CMS Open Payments shows 21 general payments to Dr. Patel from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $269.