Dr. Zana Nikolla, MD

  • Poughkeepsie, NY
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1881827368PAC ID0345472825
Medicare services, 2024
2,696
Medicare patients, 2024
497
Part D claims, 2024
1,177
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
243 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Practice phone
Call (845) 437-5000
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Primary practice

Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley

Poughkeepsie, New York

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Dr. Zana Nikolla is a gastroenterologist in Poughkeepsie, New York

Dr. Nikolla practices at Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Dr. Nikolla's NPI, 1881827368, was assigned on August 31, 2009. Dr. Nikolla holds New York license 253887.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0345472825
NPI enumeration date
August 31, 2009
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(845) 437-5000
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
49
Medical school graduation
2003

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

Dr. Zana Nikolla practices at Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley in Poughkeepsie, New York

Dr. Nikolla's primary practice is Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley, at 243 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 in Dutchess County. The practice phone is (845) 437-5000.

  • Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley
    243 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 · Dutchess CountyPhone(845) 437-5000

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

Dr. Zana Nikolla is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Nikolla's primary practice is Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley in Poughkeepsie, New York. Dr. Nikolla is also affiliated with Vassar Brothers Medical Center. The medical group on file is Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nikolla to 3 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, 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. Zana Nikolla's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nikolla practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Premier Medical Group of the Hudson ValleyAvailable with a free account
+7 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Zana Nikolla is one of 1,583 gastroenterologists in New York

Gastroenterology is Dr. Nikolla's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Nikolla is licensed in New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, New YorkPrimaryLicense 253887 · taxonomy 207RG0100X

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Nikolla

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

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

Dr. Zana Nikolla billed Medicare for 2,696 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,696 Medicare services from Dr. Nikolla across 28 procedure codes in 2024, for 497 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $130,776 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,696
Medicare patients497
Paid by Medicare$130,776
Procedure codes28

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Other services
2023: 1,7002024: 1,30024%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7972024: 71610%
Surgery
2023: 3102024: 2887%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1782024: 19510%
Lab and pathology
2023: 2722024: 18532%
Imaging
2023: 172024: 1229%

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

  • In an office2,19281%
  • In a facility50419%

Dr. Nikolla compared with the New York median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Dr. Nikolla
  • New York median
Medicare services
2,696vs 4216.4 times
Medicare patients
497vs 2362.1 times
Part D claims
969vs 3822.5 times

Medians across 1,551 gastroenterologists in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nikolla'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. Zana Nikolla treated 497 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 497 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nikolla in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 227 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.67, 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. Nikolla's median patient age at 61, with 72% women.

Medicare patients, 2024497
Average age73
Average risk score1.67
Also on Medicaid20%

Dr. Nikolla's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Nikolla's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women33768%
  • Men16032%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure74%
  3. Arthritis47%
  4. Ischemic heart disease42%
  5. Anxiety37%
  6. Diabetes33%
  7. Mood disorders33%
  8. Depression30%

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

Dr. Nikolla's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 61

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women72%
  • Men26%

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

Dr. Zana Nikolla wrote 1,177 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nikolla wrote 1,177 Medicare Part D claims for 338 patients. 73% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 969 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $349,857 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 978 claims across 25 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,177
Drugs named by CMS21
Total drug cost$349,857
Part D patients338

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

  • Generic856 claims73%
  • Brand-name and other321 claims27%

Dr. Nikolla'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. Nikolla's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics10%118 of 1,177 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: 9782024: 9691%

Drugs named by CMS: 21 in 2024, 25 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. Zana Nikolla ranks in the 86th percentile for colonoscopy in Medicare

Dr. Nikolla accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Nikolla as offering telehealth. CMS counts 134 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Nikolla, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. Nikolla ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
85th percentile148 procedures
Colonoscopy
86th percentile134 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Zana Nikolla has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Nikolla. Dr. Nikolla's most frequent co-authors are George Gabriel Abdelsayed, MD, Haroutun V. Abrahamian, MD and Murthy R. Chamarthy, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Nikolla's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Nikolla

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

Dr. Zana Nikolla received $8,878 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 405 general payments to Dr. Nikolla from 38 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $2,868.

General payments to Dr. Nikolla by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Nikolla by kind, 2016 to 2025

$8.9Kin total
  • Food and beverage$8,857100%
  • Entertainment$170%
  • Education$40%

Companies that paid Dr. Nikolla the most, 2016 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

Sources for Dr. Zana Nikolla'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Zana Nikolla's NPI number?

Dr. Zana Nikolla's NPI number is 1881827368. It was assigned on August 31, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Zana Nikolla?

Dr. Zana Nikolla is a gastroenterologist in Poughkeepsie, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Zana Nikolla practice?

Dr. Nikolla practices at 243 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Dr. Nikolla's primary practice is Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley in Poughkeepsie, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nikolla to 3 hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Zana Nikolla's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nikolla is (845) 437-5000.

What is Dr. Zana Nikolla's medical license number?

Dr. Nikolla holds New York license 253887.

Which hospitals is Dr. Zana Nikolla affiliated with?

Dr. Nikolla is affiliated with Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Nikolla to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Zana Nikolla part of?

Dr. Nikolla is linked to Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley. Dmand AI links Dr. Nikolla to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Zana Nikolla accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nikolla billed Medicare for 2,696 services in 2024, and Dr. Nikolla accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Zana Nikolla offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Nikolla as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Zana Nikolla see?

CMS counts 497 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nikolla in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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What services does Dr. Zana Nikolla bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nikolla's most billed Medicare services were medicare temporary code (Q9967), office visit, established patient (99214) and hospital inpatient care (99232).

What drugs does Dr. Zana Nikolla prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nikolla's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pantoprazole Sodium, Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf and Omeprazole.

Has Dr. Zana Nikolla received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $8,878 in general payments to Dr. Nikolla from 38 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Zana Nikolla been practicing?

Dr. Nikolla graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. Zana Nikolla do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Nikolla.

Who does Dr. Zana Nikolla publish with?

Dr. Nikolla's most frequent co-authors are George Gabriel Abdelsayed, MD (1 shared paper), Haroutun V. Abrahamian, MD (1 shared paper) and Murthy R. Chamarthy, MD (1 shared paper).

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