Dr. Krishna R. Tripuraneni, MD

Dr. Tripuraneni practices at New Mexico Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Dr. Tripuraneni's NPI, 1558400572, was assigned on February 6, 2007. Dr. Tripuraneni graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Tripuraneni holds New Mexico license MD2010-0235.

Dr. Tripuraneni's primary practice is New Mexico Orthopaedic Surgery Center, at 8300 Constitution NE Ave, Albuquerque, NM 87110 in Bernalillo County. The practice phone is (505) 291-2300.

Dr. Tripuraneni's primary practice is New Mexico Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Tripuraneni is also affiliated with Presbyterian Hospital. The medical group on file is New Mexico Orthopaedics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tripuraneni to 3 more hospitals, 2 home health agencies 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. Tripuraneni practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Tripuraneni's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XS0114X. Dr. Tripuraneni is licensed in New Mexico.

CMS data shows 3,685 Medicare services from Dr. Tripuraneni across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 630 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $254,957 for them.

CMS counts 630 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tripuraneni in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 346 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 67% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.92, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Tripuraneni's median patient age at 70, with 63% women.

In 2024, Dr. Tripuraneni wrote 234 Medicare Part D claims for 177 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 174 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,780 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 179 claims across 7 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 74 out of 100 for Dr. Tripuraneni for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Tripuraneni accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 88 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Tripuraneni, more than 91% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Tripuraneni, published from 2011 to 2024. 2023 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, Hip Joint and Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee. Dr. Tripuraneni has published most often in J Arthroplasty. Dr. Tripuraneni's most frequent co-authors are Joshua T. Carothers, MD, Michael J. Archibeck, MD and Daniel W. Junick, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Tripuraneni to 4 clinical trials. 3 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Osteonecrosis, Necrosis and Osteoarthritis. Zimmer Biomet sponsors the most, 3.

CMS Open Payments shows 162 general payments to Dr. Tripuraneni from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Exactech, Inc. paid the most, $39,232. It also lists 8 research payments totaling $68,219 from 2019 to 2021.

Dr. Tripuraneni graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2004.