Dr. Prakash Adhikari, MD

Dr. Adhikari practices at Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania, part of Tower Health.

Dr. Adhikari's NPI, 1811559750, was assigned on July 1, 2019. Dr. Adhikari holds Pennsylvania license MD477640.

Dr. Adhikari's primary practice is Reading Hospital, at 420 S 5th Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611 in Berks County. The practice phone is (610) 988-8000.

Dr. Adhikari's primary practice is Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania, part of Tower Health. The medical group on file is Tower Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Adhikari to 3 more medical groups and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Adhikari's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Adhikari is licensed in Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 763 Medicare services from Dr. Adhikari across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 361 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $62,157 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 361 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Adhikari in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 123 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 22% 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. Adhikari's median patient age at 65, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Adhikari wrote 202 Medicare Part D claims for 86 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 17 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $419 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 47 claims across 3 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Adhikari for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Adhikari accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 41 papers to Dr. Adhikari, published from 2015 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Plant Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant and Arabidopsis. Dr. Adhikari has published most often in Cureus. Dr. Adhikari's most frequent co-authors are Ashish Gupta, MD, MPH, Nischit Baral and Hawwa Reesha, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Adhikari from 5 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $28.