Dr. Prakash Shrestha, MD

Dr. Shrestha practices at Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas.

Dr. Shrestha's NPI, 1346472206, was assigned on August 11, 2009. Dr. Shrestha graduated from Manipal College of Medical Science in 2002. Dr. Shrestha's Texas license number on file is R0129.

Dr. Shrestha's primary practice is Covenant Children's Hospital, at 4002 24th St, Lubbock, TX 79410 in Lubbock County. The practice phone is (806) 725-1011.

Dr. Shrestha's primary practice is Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. Dr. Shrestha is also affiliated with Covenant Children's Hospital. The medical group on file is Covenant Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shrestha to 2 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Shrestha practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Infectious disease is Dr. Shrestha's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dr. Shrestha is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Shrestha's licenses on file in 4 states: Texas, Nebraska, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Dmand AI lists joint or bone infection and pneumonia among the conditions Dr. Shrestha treats.

CMS data shows 1,225 Medicare services from Dr. Shrestha across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 203 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $110,081 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 203 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shrestha in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 84 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 23% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.12, 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. Shrestha's median patient age at 71, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Shrestha wrote 303 Medicare Part D claims for 58 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 241 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $37,829 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 100 claims across 3 drugs.

Dr. Shrestha accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 18 papers to Dr. Shrestha, published from 2009 to 2024. The most frequent topics are Nepal, Pneumonia, Viral and Developing Countries. Dr. Shrestha has published most often in Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). Dr. Shrestha's most frequent co-authors are Gregory M. Anstead, MD, Smith Giri and Sean E. O'Neil, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 181 general payments to Dr. Shrestha from 26 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. ViiV Healthcare Company paid the most, $840.

Dr. Shrestha graduated from Manipal College of Medical Science in 2002.

Dr. Shrestha is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.