Dr. Awani Kumar, MD

  • Toms River, NJ
  • Pulmonologist
NPI1497720635PAC ID3072559533
Medicare services, 2024
7,636
Medicare patients, 2024
959
Part D claims, 2024
3,064
MIPS score, 2024
75
Hospital affiliations
6
Practice address
780 State Highway 37 W, Toms River, NJ 08755
Practice phone
Call (732) 341-3500
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Primary practice

Awani Kumar, MD

Toms River, New Jersey

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Dr. Awani Kumar is a pulmonologist in Toms River, New Jersey

Dr. Kumar practices at Awani Kumar, MD in Toms River, New Jersey.

Dr. Kumar's NPI, 1497720635, was assigned on February 21, 2006. Dr. Kumar holds New Jersey license MA 66307.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3072559533
NPI enumeration date
February 21, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(732) 341-3500
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
65
Medical school graduation
1987

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

Dr. Awani Kumar practices at Awani Kumar, MD in Toms River, New Jersey

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Awani Kumar, MD, at 780 State Highway 37 W, Toms River, NJ 08755 in Ocean County. The practice phone is (732) 341-3500.

  • Awani Kumar, MD
    780 State Highway 37 W, Toms River, NJ 08755 · Ocean CountyPhone(732) 341-3500

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Awani Kumar is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Awani Kumar, MD in Toms River, New Jersey. Dr. Kumar is also affiliated with Community Medical Center. The medical group on file is Ocean Pulmonary Associates, PA. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 5 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

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

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Awani Kumar, MDAvailable with a free account
+7 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Awani Kumar is one of 442 pulmonologists in New Jersey

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Kumar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Kumar is licensed in New Jersey.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pulmonary disease, New JerseyPrimaryLicense MA 66307 · taxonomy 207RP1001X

Pulmonologists near Dr. Kumar

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

Dr. Awani Kumar billed Medicare for 7,636 services in 2024

CMS data shows 7,636 Medicare services from Dr. Kumar across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 959 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $599,215 for them.

Medicare services, 20247,636
Medicare patients959
Paid by Medicare$599,215
Procedure codes16

Dr. Kumar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7,5332024: 6,62112%
Tests and treatments
2023: 8522024: 1,01519%

Where Dr. Kumar's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office2,39531%
  • In a facility5,24169%

Dr. Kumar compared with the New Jersey median for pulmonologists, 2024

  • Dr. Kumar
  • New Jersey median
Medicare services
7,636vs 1,1736.5 times
Medicare patients
959vs 4232.3 times
Part D claims
2,839vs 8793.2 times

Medians across 447 pulmonologists in New Jersey with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Kumar'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. Awani Kumar treated 959 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 959 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 371 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.91, 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. Kumar's median patient age at 71, with 47% women.

Medicare patients, 2024959
Average age77
Average risk score2.91
Also on Medicaid30%

Dr. Kumar's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Kumar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women51554%
  • Men44446%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. COPD60%
  4. Diabetes59%
  5. Arthritis58%
  6. Ischemic heart disease56%
  7. Heart failure51%
  8. Atrial fibrillation43%

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 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women47%
  • Men49%

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

Dr. Awani Kumar wrote 3,064 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kumar wrote 3,064 Medicare Part D claims for 467 patients. 51% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,839 of them, across 39 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $785,366 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,068 claims across 41 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,064
Drugs named by CMS39
Total drug cost$785,366
Part D patients467

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

  • Generic1,575 claims51%
  • Brand-name1,489 claims49%

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.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Kumar's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics2%66 of 3,064 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: 3,0682024: 2,8397%

Drugs named by CMS: 39 in 2024, 41 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

Dr. Awani Kumar scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Kumar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kumar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Awani Kumar received $861 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 26 general payments to Dr. Kumar from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Silk Road Medical, Inc. paid the most, $122.

General payments to Dr. Kumar by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Kumar by kind, 2016 to 2024

$861in total
  • Food and beverage$83797%
  • Education$243%

Companies that paid Dr. Kumar the most, 2016 to 2024

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

Sources for Dr. Awani 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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Awani Kumar's NPI number?

Dr. Awani Kumar's NPI number is 1497720635. It was assigned on February 21, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Awani Kumar?

Dr. Awani Kumar is a pulmonologist in Toms River, New Jersey. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).

Where does Dr. Awani Kumar practice?

Dr. Kumar practices at 780 State Highway 37 W, Toms River, NJ 08755. Dr. Kumar's primary practice is Awani Kumar, MD in Toms River, New Jersey. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 5 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.

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

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kumar is (732) 341-3500.

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

Dr. Kumar holds New Jersey license MA 66307.

Which hospitals is Dr. Awani Kumar affiliated with?

Dr. Kumar is affiliated with Community Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Kumar to 5 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Awani Kumar part of?

Dr. Kumar is linked to Ocean Pulmonary Associates, PA.

Does Dr. Awani Kumar accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kumar billed Medicare for 7,636 services in 2024, and Dr. Kumar accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Awani Kumar's MIPS score?

Dr. Kumar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Awani Kumar see?

CMS counts 959 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024, with an average age of 77.

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What services does Dr. Awani Kumar bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Kumar's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), hospital inpatient care (99233) and office visit, established patient (99214).

What drugs does Dr. Awani Kumar prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kumar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Breo Ellipta, Albuterol Sulfate Hfa and Montelukast Sodium.

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

CMS Open Payments shows $861 in general payments to Dr. Kumar from 15 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Silk Road Medical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Awani Kumar been practicing?

Dr. Kumar graduated from medical school in 1987, 39 years ago.

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