Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal, MD

  • Nashville, TN
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1306872155PAC ID0840191326
Medicare services, 2024
61
Medicare patients, 2024
62
Part D claims, 2024
543
Publications
59
Clinical trials
3
Practice address
1818 Albion Street, Nashville, TN 37208
Practice phone
Call (615) 341-4490
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Primary practice

Nashville General Hospital

Hospital · Nashville, Tennessee

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Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal is a gastroenterologist in Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Maliakkal practices at Nashville General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, part of Nashville General Hospital.

Dr. Maliakkal's NPI, 1306872155, was assigned on June 23, 2006. Dr. Maliakkal holds Tennessee license 54376.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0840191326
NPI enumeration date
June 23, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(615) 341-4490
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
68
Medical school graduation
1984

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

Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal practices at Nashville General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Maliakkal's primary practice is Nashville General Hospital, at 1818 Albion Street, Nashville, TN 37208 in Davidson County. The practice phone is (615) 341-4490.

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Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal is affiliated with 1 site of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Maliakkal's primary practice is Nashville General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, part of Nashville General Hospital. The medical group on file is Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Partners. Dmand AI also links Dr. Maliakkal to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Nashville General HospitalAvailable with a free account
+1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal is one of 331 gastroenterologists in Tennessee

Gastroenterology is Dr. Maliakkal's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Dr. Maliakkal's licenses on file in 2 states: Tennessee and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, TennesseePrimaryLicense 54376 · taxonomy 207RG0100X
  • New York licenseLicense 187710

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Maliakkal

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. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal billed Medicare for 61 services in 2024

CMS data shows 61 Medicare services from Dr. Maliakkal across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 62 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $4,096 for them.

Medicare services, 202461
Medicare patients62
Paid by Medicare$4,096
Procedure codes3

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 192024: 45137%
Surgery
2023: 02024: 16

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

  • In an office4574%
  • In a facility1626%

Dr. Maliakkal compared with the Tennessee median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Dr. Maliakkal
  • Tennessee median
Medicare services
61vs 64591% below
Medicare patients
62vs 37784% below
Part D claims
259vs 59657% below

Medians across 330 gastroenterologists in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Maliakkal'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. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal treated 62 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 67

CMS counts 62 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Maliakkal in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 38 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 60% have high cholesterol. 40% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.06, 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. Maliakkal's median patient age at 57, with 50% women.

Medicare patients, 202462
Average age67
Average risk score2.06
Also on Medicaid40%

Dr. Maliakkal's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Maliakkal's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women2439%
  • Men3861%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol60%
  3. Chronic kidney disease50%
  4. Diabetes47%
  5. Arthritis44%
  6. Heart failure35%
  7. Alcohol and drug use disorders31%
  8. COPD31%

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

Dr. Maliakkal's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 57

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women50%
  • Men49%

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

Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal wrote 543 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Maliakkal wrote 543 Medicare Part D claims for 68 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 259 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $171,138 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 214 claims across 12 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024543
Drugs named by CMS12
Total drug cost$171,138
Part D patients68

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

  • Generic412 claims76%
  • Brand-name131 claims24%

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

  • Antibiotics8%46 of 543 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: 2142024: 25921%

Drugs named by CMS: 12 in 2024, 12 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. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal ranks in the 43rd percentile for colonoscopy in Medicare

Dr. Maliakkal accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Maliakkal, more than 43% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Maliakkal ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Colonoscopy
43rd percentile13 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

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); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal has 59 publications on record

Dmand AI links 59 papers to Dr. Maliakkal, published from 2011 to 2024. 2019 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Liver Cirrhosis, Antiviral Agents and Liver Transplantation. Dr. Maliakkal has published most often in Cureus. Dr. Maliakkal's most frequent co-authors are Paul J. Thuluvath, MD, Patrick S. Kamath, MD and Satheesh Padmanabhan Nair, MD.

Papers59
Years published2011 to 2024

Dr. Maliakkal's papers by year, 2015 to 2024

Topics Dr. Maliakkal writes about most

  • Liver Cirrhosis
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Hepacivirus
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic
  • Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure

Dr. Maliakkal's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Maliakkal

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

Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal has worked on 3 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Maliakkal to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Clinical trials with Dr. Maliakkal by phase

  1. NonePhase 1: no trials
  2. 1Phase 2: 1 trial
  3. 1Phase 3: 1 trial
  4. NonePhase 4: no trials

Conditions in Dr. Maliakkal's trials

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary
  • Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic
  • Fatty Liver

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Maliakkal

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Maliakkal

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

Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal received $42,129 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 126 general payments to Dr. Maliakkal from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $17,999.

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

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

$42.1Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$20,50049%
  • Consulting fees$7,75018%
  • Food and beverage$5,68113%
  • Travel and lodging$4,98612%
  • Other$3,2128%

Companies that paid Dr. Maliakkal 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. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand 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)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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal's NPI number?

Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal's NPI number is 1306872155. It was assigned on June 23, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal?

Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal is a gastroenterologist in Nashville, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal practice?

Dr. Maliakkal practices at 1818 Albion Street, Nashville, TN 37208. Dr. Maliakkal's primary practice is Nashville General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, part of Nashville General Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Maliakkal to 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Maliakkal is (615) 341-4490.

What is Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal's medical license number?

Dr. Maliakkal holds Tennessee license 54376, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Maliakkal in Tennessee and New York.

Which hospitals is Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal affiliated with?

Dr. Maliakkal practices at Nashville General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.

What medical group is Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal part of?

Dr. Maliakkal is linked to Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Partners. Dmand AI links Dr. Maliakkal to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Maliakkal billed Medicare for 61 services in 2024, and Dr. Maliakkal accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal see?

CMS counts 62 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Maliakkal in 2024, with an average age of 67.

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What services does Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Maliakkal's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: digestive system (43235).

What drugs does Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Maliakkal's most prescribed drugs by claims were Carvedilol, Spironolactone and Xifaxan.

Has Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $42,129 in general payments to Dr. Maliakkal from 20 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal been practicing?

Dr. Maliakkal graduated from medical school in 1984, 42 years ago.

Does Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal do research?

Dmand AI links 59 publications to Dr. Maliakkal, published from 2011 to 2024. Dr. Maliakkal has worked on 3 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Benedict Joseph Maliakkal publish with?

Dr. Maliakkal's most frequent co-authors are Paul J. Thuluvath, MD (18 shared papers), Patrick S. Kamath, MD (17 shared papers) and Satheesh Padmanabhan Nair, MD (14 shared papers).

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