Dr. Suresh Kumar, MD

  • Rocky Mount, NC
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1023532058PAC ID8527489996
Medicare services, 2024
66
Medicare patients, 2024
36
Part D claims, 2024
257
Publications
41
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
2301 Medpark Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Practice phone
Call (252) 962-5000
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Primary practice

Coastal Plain Hospital - Behavioral Health

Psychiatric Inpatient Facility · Rocky Mount, North Carolina

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Dr. Suresh Kumar is a rheumatologist in Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Dr. Kumar practices at Coastal Plain Hospital - Behavioral Health in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Dr. Kumar's NPI, 1023532058, was assigned on August 1, 2017. Dr. Kumar holds Florida license ME163578.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8527489996
NPI enumeration date
August 1, 2017
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(252) 962-5000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
44
Medical school graduation
2008

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Suresh Kumar practices at Coastal Plain Hospital - Behavioral Health in Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Coastal Plain Hospital - Behavioral Health, at 2301 Medpark Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. The practice phone is (252) 962-5000.

  • Coastal Plain Hospital - Behavioral Health
    2301 Medpark Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804Phone(252) 962-5000

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Dr. Suresh Kumar is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Coastal Plain Hospital - Behavioral Health in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Dr. Kumar is also affiliated with UNC Health Rex. The medical group on file is UNC Physicians Network. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Kumar's employer is on file too: a behavioral health center.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Suresh Kumar's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kumar practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Coastal Plain Hospital - Behavioral HealthAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Suresh Kumar is one of 204 rheumatologists in North Carolina

Rheumatology is Dr. Kumar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Kumar is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Kumar's licenses on file in 4 states: Florida, North Carolina, Illinois and Minnesota.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, FloridaPrimaryLicense ME163578 · 2023 to 2027 · taxonomy 207RR0500X
  • North Carolina license2025 to 2026
  • Illinois license2020 to 2023
  • Minnesota license2021 to 2023

Rheumatologists near Dr. Kumar

Counts of rheumatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

204rheumatologists in North Carolina
3rheumatologists in Rocky Mount

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Suresh Kumar billed Medicare for 66 services in 2024

CMS data shows 66 Medicare services from Dr. Kumar across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 36 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,424 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202466
Medicare patients36
Paid by Medicare$7,424
Procedure codes2

Dr. Kumar's Medicare services by type, 2021 to 2024

  • 2021
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2021: 3402024: 6681%

Dr. Kumar compared with the North Carolina median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Kumar
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
66vs 4,50399% below
Medicare patients
36vs 25286% below
Part D claims
197vs 1,40086% below

Medians across 211 rheumatologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Kumar's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Suresh Kumar treated 36 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 36 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 20 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.17, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kumar's median patient age at 63, with 79% women.

Medicare patients, 202436
Average age71
Average risk score1.17

Dr. Kumar's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Chronic conditions among Dr. Kumar's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure61%
  4. Diabetes50%
  5. Anxiety33%
  6. Chronic kidney disease33%
  7. Depression33%
  8. Ischemic heart disease33%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Kumar's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 63

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women79%
  • Men20%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Suresh Kumar wrote 257 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kumar wrote 257 Medicare Part D claims for 87 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 197 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,552 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 50 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024257
Drugs named by CMS9
Total drug cost$3,552
Part D patients87

Dr. Kumar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic242 claims94%
  • Brand-name and other15 claims6%

Dr. Kumar'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 502024: 197294%

Drugs named by CMS: 9 in 2024, 3 in 2023.

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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

How Dr. Suresh Kumar takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Suresh Kumar has 41 publications on record

Dmand AI links 41 papers to Dr. Kumar, published from 2011 to 2025. 2021 was the busiest year, with 8. The most frequent topics are Mitochondria, Cell Movement and Phosphorylation. Dr. Kumar has published most often in Cureus. Dr. Kumar's most frequent co-authors are Adeleye James Afolayan, MD, Girija G. Konduri, MD and Johnny C. Hong, MD.

Papers41
Years published2011 to 2025

Dr. Kumar's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Dr. Kumar writes about most

  • Mitochondria
  • Cell Movement
  • Phosphorylation
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Signal Transduction
  • Apoptosis
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Energy Metabolism

Dr. Kumar's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Kumar

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Suresh Kumar received $394 in industry payments from 2023 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 16 general payments to Dr. Kumar from 8 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $103.

General payments to Dr. Kumar by program year, 2023 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Kumar the most, 2023 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Suresh Kumar has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Kumar, most recently Resident of the year in 2017.

Awards and honors for Dr. Kumar

  1. 2017
    • Resident of the year

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Suresh Kumar is board certified in internal medicine

Dr. Kumar is a member of ACR.

  1. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Suresh Kumar accepts plans from 20 insurance carriers

Dr. Kumar is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Highmark. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Kumar accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO14
  2. Medicare12
  3. HMO11
  4. EPO5
  5. POS5

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Suresh Kumar's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Suresh Kumar's NPI number?

Dr. Suresh Kumar's NPI number is 1023532058. It was assigned on August 1, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Suresh Kumar?

Dr. Suresh Kumar is a rheumatologist in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Suresh Kumar practice?

Dr. Kumar practices at 2301 Medpark Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Coastal Plain Hospital - Behavioral Health in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Suresh Kumar's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kumar is (252) 962-5000.

What is Dr. Suresh Kumar's medical license number?

Dr. Kumar holds Florida license ME163578, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Suresh Kumar been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Kumar in Florida (2023 to 2027), North Carolina (2025 to 2026), Illinois (2020 to 2023) and Minnesota (2021 to 2023).

Which hospitals is Dr. Suresh Kumar affiliated with?

Dr. Kumar is affiliated with UNC Health Rex. Dmand AI links Dr. Kumar to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Suresh Kumar part of?

Dr. Kumar is linked to UNC Physicians Network. Dmand AI links Dr. Kumar to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Suresh Kumar accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kumar billed Medicare for 66 services in 2024, and Dr. Kumar accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Suresh Kumar see?

CMS counts 36 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024, with an average age of 71.

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Is Dr. Suresh Kumar board certified?

Yes. Dr. Kumar is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Suresh Kumar bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Kumar's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, new patient (99204).

What drugs does Dr. Suresh Kumar prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kumar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Prednisone and Meloxicam.

Has Dr. Suresh Kumar received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $394 in general payments to Dr. Kumar from 8 companies from 2023 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Suresh Kumar been practicing?

Dr. Kumar graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.

Does Dr. Suresh Kumar do research?

Dmand AI links 41 publications to Dr. Kumar, published from 2011 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Suresh Kumar publish with?

Dr. Kumar's most frequent co-authors are Adeleye James Afolayan, MD (4 shared papers), Girija G. Konduri, MD (4 shared papers) and Johnny C. Hong, MD (3 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Suresh Kumar accept?

Dr. Kumar is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Highmark. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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