Dr. Mihir Ramesh Bakhru, MD

Dr. Bakhru practices at Central Ohio Endoscopy Center LLC - HOPD in Pickerington, Ohio.

Dr. Bakhru's NPI, 1609074681, was assigned on July 11, 2007. Dr. Bakhru graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Bakhru holds Ohio license 35089898.

Dr. Bakhru's primary practice is Central Ohio Endoscopy Center LLC - HOPD, at 1025 Refugee Rd, Pickerington, OH 43147.

Dr. Bakhru's primary practice is Central Ohio Endoscopy Center LLC - HOPD in Pickerington, Ohio. Dr. Bakhru is also affiliated with OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. The medical group on file is OhioHealth Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bakhru to 4 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bakhru practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Bakhru's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Bakhru is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Bakhru's licenses on file in 2 states: Ohio and Virginia.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, cirrhosis of the liver, colonoscopy, gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhoids, intestinal diverticulosis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among the conditions Dr. Bakhru treats.

CMS data shows 441 Medicare services from Dr. Bakhru across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 321 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $45,728 for them.

CMS counts 321 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bakhru in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 178 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bakhru's median patient age at 60, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bakhru wrote 870 Medicare Part D claims for 480 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 697 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $90,276 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 526 claims across 10 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 78 out of 100 for Dr. Bakhru for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bakhru accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 111 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Bakhru, more than 79% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 12 papers to Dr. Bakhru, published from 2011 to 2013. 2013 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Stents, Metals and Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde. Dr. Bakhru's most frequent co-authors are Priya A. Jamidar, MD, Richard S. Kwon, MD and Amrita Sethi, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 123 general payments to Dr. Bakhru from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 87% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $1,073.

Dr. Bakhru graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2004.

Dr. Bakhru is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.