Dr. Krishna P. Athota, MD

  • Cincinnati, OH
  • Surgical critical care physician
NPI1710195201PAC ID7719060672
Medicare services, 2024
235
Medicare patients, 2024
186
Part D claims, 2024
11
Publications
11
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
3188 Bellevue Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45219
Practice phone
Call (513) 584-1000
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Primary practice

UC Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio

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Dr. Krishna P. Athota is a surgical critical care physician in Cincinnati, Ohio

Dr. Athota practices at UC Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dr. Athota's NPI, 1710195201, was assigned on May 18, 2007. Dr. Athota graduated from University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in 2001. Dr. Athota holds Ohio license 35090845.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7719060672
NPI enumeration date
May 18, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(513) 584-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
51
Medical school graduation
2001

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

Dr. Krishna P. Athota practices at UC Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio

Dr. Athota's primary practice is UC Medical Center, at 3188 Bellevue Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45219 in Hamilton County. The practice phone is (513) 584-1000.

  • UC Medical Center
    3188 Bellevue Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45219 · Hamilton CountyPhone(513) 584-1000

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

Dr. Krishna P. Athota is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Athota's primary practice is UC Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Athota is also affiliated with University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The medical group on file is University of Cincinnati Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Athota to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

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

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Krishna P. Athota's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Athota practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UC Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Krishna P. Athota is one of 87 surgical critical care physicians in Ohio

Surgical critical care is Dr. Athota's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0102X. Dr. Athota is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Athota's licenses on file in 2 states: Ohio and Michigan.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgical critical care, OhioPrimaryLicense 35090845 · 2007 to 2027 · taxonomy 2086S0102X
  • Surgery, MichiganLicense 4301078386 · 2001 to 2007 · taxonomy 208600000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists appendectomy, colon removal, gallbladder removal, groin hernia surgery, multiple traumatic injuries and non-surgical back problems among the conditions Dr. Athota treats.

Surgical critical care physicians near Dr. Athota

Counts of surgical critical care physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

87surgical critical care physicians in Ohio
9surgical critical care physicians in Cincinnati

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

Dr. Krishna P. Athota billed Medicare for 235 services in 2024

CMS data shows 235 Medicare services from Dr. Athota across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 186 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $23,508 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024235
Medicare patients186
Paid by Medicare$23,508
Procedure codes7

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3042024: 23523%

Dr. Athota compared with the Ohio median for surgical critical care physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Athota
  • Ohio median
Medicare services
235vs 17038% above
Medicare patients
186vs 13835% above
Part D claims
11vs 1942% below

Medians across 85 surgical critical care physicians in Ohio with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Athota'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. Krishna P. Athota treated 186 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 186 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Athota in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 79 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.74, 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. Athota's median patient age at 57, with 45% women.

Medicare patients, 2024186
Average age72
Average risk score2.74
Also on Medicaid25%

Dr. Athota's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Athota's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women9149%
  • Men9551%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis61%
  4. Chronic kidney disease53%
  5. Ischemic heart disease51%
  6. Mood disorders45%
  7. Diabetes44%
  8. Heart failure41%

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

Dr. Athota's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 57

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women45%
  • Men54%

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

Dr. Krishna P. Athota wrote 11 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Athota wrote 11 Medicare Part D claims. Every claim was for a generic drug. They cover 1 drug, with $54 in total drug cost. In 2017, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202411
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$54

Dr. Athota's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2021

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, 2017 to 2021

  • 2017
  • 2021
Claims for drugs CMS names
2017: 112021: 11No change

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2021, 1 in 2017.

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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. Krishna P. Athota scored 82 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Athota for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Athota accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Athota's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 82of 100Final score
  • 66of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 74of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

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Dr. Krishna P. Athota has 11 publications on record

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Athota, published from 2008 to 2024. 2019 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Clinical Clerkship, Clinical Competence and General Surgery. Dr. Athota has published most often in Am J Surg. Dr. Athota's most frequent co-authors are Leah Kathryn Winer, MD, Michael Goodman, MD and Mayra E. Guerrero, MD.

Papers11
Years published2008 to 2024

Dr. Athota's papers by year, 2008 to 2024

Topics Dr. Athota writes about most

  • Clinical Clerkship
  • Clinical Competence
  • General Surgery
  • Students, Medical
  • Anticoagulants
  • Career Choice
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Intensive Care Units

Dr. Athota's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Athota

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

Dr. Krishna P. Athota has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Athota to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Multiple Trauma and Wounds and Injuries.

Conditions in Dr. Athota's trials

  • Multiple Trauma
  • Wounds and Injuries

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Athota

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Krishna P. Athota received $1,880 in industry payments from 2016 to 2022

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Athota from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2022. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Ethicon Inc. paid the most, $1,788.

General payments to Dr. Athota by program year, 2016 to 2022

General payments to Dr. Athota by kind, 2016 to 2022

$1.9Kin total
  • Consulting fees$1,78895%
  • Food and beverage$935%

Companies that paid Dr. Athota the most, 2016 to 2022

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Krishna P. Athota has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Athota, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2012.

Awards and honors for Dr. Athota

  1. 2012
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Krishna P. Athota graduated from University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Dr. Athota graduated from University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in 2001. Dr. Athota is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgical critical careAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Krishna P. Athota accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers

Dr. Athota is in network with 19 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Elevance and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Molina
  • Aetna
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +11 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Athota accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO9
  2. PPO9
  3. Medicare8
  4. POS4
  5. EPO3
  6. Medicaid3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Krishna P. Athota'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 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
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. Krishna P. Athota's NPI number?

Dr. Krishna P. Athota's NPI number is 1710195201. It was assigned on May 18, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Krishna P. Athota?

Dr. Krishna P. Athota is a surgical critical care physician in Cincinnati, Ohio. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgical Critical Care Physician (taxonomy code 2086S0102X).

Where does Dr. Krishna P. Athota practice?

Dr. Athota practices at 3188 Bellevue Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45219. Dr. Athota's primary practice is UC Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dmand AI also links Dr. Athota to 1 hospital.

What is Dr. Krishna P. Athota's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Athota is (513) 584-1000.

What is Dr. Krishna P. Athota's medical license number?

Dr. Athota holds Ohio license 35090845, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Krishna P. Athota been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Athota in Ohio (2007 to 2027) and Michigan (2001 to 2007).

Which hospitals is Dr. Krishna P. Athota affiliated with?

Dr. Athota is affiliated with University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Athota to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Krishna P. Athota part of?

Dr. Athota is linked to University of Cincinnati Physicians.

Does Dr. Krishna P. Athota accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Athota billed Medicare for 235 services in 2024, and Dr. Athota accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Krishna P. Athota's MIPS score?

Dr. Athota's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 82 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Krishna P. Athota see?

CMS counts 186 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Athota in 2024, with an average age of 72.

Is Dr. Krishna P. Athota board certified?

Yes. Dr. Athota is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Krishna P. Athota bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Athota's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), critical care (99291) and hospital inpatient care (99222).

Where did Dr. Krishna P. Athota go to medical school?

Dr. Athota graduated from University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in 2001.

What drugs does Dr. Krishna P. Athota prescribe most?

In 2021 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Athota's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. Krishna P. Athota received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,880 in general payments to Dr. Athota from 2 companies from 2016 to 2022. The largest total came from Ethicon Inc.

How long has Dr. Krishna P. Athota been practicing?

Dr. Athota graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.

Does Dr. Krishna P. Athota do research?

Dmand AI links 11 publications to Dr. Athota, published from 2008 to 2024. Dr. Athota has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. Krishna P. Athota publish with?

Dr. Athota's most frequent co-authors are Leah Kathryn Winer, MD (3 shared papers), Michael Goodman, MD (1 shared paper) and Mayra E. Guerrero, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Krishna P. Athota accept?

Dr. Athota is in network with 19 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Elevance and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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