Dr. Vivek Sharma, MD

  • Rockwall, TX
  • Nephrologist
NPI1225297922PAC ID8123207388
Medicare services, 2024
2,438
Medicare patients, 2024
380
Part D claims, 2024
460
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
519 E I-30, Rockwall, TX 75087
Practice phone
Call (927) 479-9401
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Primary practice

U.S. Renal Care Richardson Dialysis

Rockwall, Texas

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Dr. Vivek Sharma is a nephrologist in Rockwall, Texas

Dr. Sharma practices at U.S. Renal Care Richardson Dialysis in Rockwall, Texas.

Dr. Sharma's NPI, 1225297922, was assigned on June 6, 2008. Dr. Sharma graduated from B.J. Medical College - University of Pune in 1997. Dr. Sharma holds Texas license R6478.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8123207388
NPI enumeration date
June 6, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(927) 479-9401
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
53
Medical school graduation
1997

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

Dr. Vivek Sharma practices at U.S. Renal Care Richardson Dialysis in Rockwall, Texas

Dr. Sharma's primary practice is U.S. Renal Care Richardson Dialysis, at 519 E I-30, Rockwall, TX 75087 in Rockwall County. The practice phone is (927) 479-9401.

  • U.S. Renal Care Richardson Dialysis
    519 E I-30, Rockwall, TX 75087 · Rockwall CountyPhone(927) 479-9401

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

Dr. Vivek Sharma is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Sharma's primary practice is U.S. Renal Care Richardson Dialysis in Rockwall, Texas. Dr. Sharma is also affiliated with Medical City Plano Hospital. The medical group on file is Access TeleCare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sharma to 4 more hospitals, 2 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Vivek Sharma's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sharma practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
U.S. Renal Care Richardson DialysisAvailable with a free account
+9 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Vivek Sharma is one of 1,045 nephrologists in Texas

Nephrology is Dr. Sharma's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Sharma is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Sharma's licenses on file in 3 states: Texas, New Mexico and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, TexasPrimaryLicense R6478 · 2018 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RN0300X
  • Hospitalist, New MexicoLicense MD2010-0254 · 2010 to 2021 · taxonomy 208M00000X
  • Pennsylvania license2008 to 2016

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic kidney disease and fluid and electrolyte imbalances among the conditions Dr. Sharma treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Sharma

Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

1,045nephrologists in Texas
5nephrologists in Rockwall

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

Dr. Vivek Sharma billed Medicare for 2,438 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,438 Medicare services from Dr. Sharma across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 380 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $189,005 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,438
Medicare patients380
Paid by Medicare$189,005
Procedure codes13

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2,0922024: 2,1995%
Other services
2023: 02024: 155
Tests and treatments
2023: 392024: 84115%

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

  • In an office84935%
  • In a facility1,58965%

Dr. Sharma compared with the Texas median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Sharma
  • Texas median
Medicare services
2,438vs 1,0482.3 times
Medicare patients
380vs 27737% above
Part D claims
319vs 75858% below

Medians across 1,017 nephrologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Sharma'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. Vivek Sharma treated 380 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 380 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sharma in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 140 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.32, 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. Sharma's median patient age at 70, with 47% women.

Medicare patients, 2024380
Average age76
Average risk score3.32
Also on Medicaid20%

Dr. Sharma's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Sharma's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women19952%
  • Men18148%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes59%
  5. Ischemic heart disease55%
  6. Arthritis53%
  7. Heart failure52%
  8. Mood disorders47%

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

Dr. Sharma's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women47%
  • Men52%

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

Dr. Vivek Sharma wrote 460 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Sharma wrote 460 Medicare Part D claims for 96 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 319 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $42,043 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 170 claims across 9 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024460
Drugs named by CMS13
Total drug cost$42,043
Part D patients96

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

  • Generic387 claims84%
  • Brand-name73 claims16%

Dr. Sharma'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1702024: 31988%

Drugs named by CMS: 13 in 2024, 9 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. Vivek Sharma offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Sharma accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Sharma as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Vivek Sharma has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Sharma in 2020. Dr. Sharma's most frequent co-authors are Deborah Jebakumar, Mohanram Narayanan, MD and Arundhati Rao, MD.

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Dr. Sharma's most frequent co-authors

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Dr. Vivek Sharma received $5,898 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 31 general payments to Dr. Sharma from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 65% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $4,085.

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

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

$5.9Kin total
  • Education$3,86365%
  • Food and beverage$1,67428%
  • Travel and lodging$3616%

Companies that paid Dr. Sharma 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

Dr. Vivek Sharma graduated from B.J. Medical College - University of Pune

Dr. Sharma graduated from B.J. Medical College - University of Pune in 1997.

  1. Medical schoolB.J. Medical College - University of Pune
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in nephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Vivek Sharma accepts plans from 23 insurance carriers

Dr. Sharma is in network with 23 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Sharma accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO14
  2. HMO13
  3. Medicare9
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Vivek Sharma'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 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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
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. Vivek Sharma's NPI number?

Dr. Vivek Sharma's NPI number is 1225297922. It was assigned on June 6, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Vivek Sharma?

Dr. Vivek Sharma is a nephrologist in Rockwall, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Vivek Sharma practice?

Dr. Sharma practices at 519 E I-30, Rockwall, TX 75087. Dr. Sharma's primary practice is U.S. Renal Care Richardson Dialysis in Rockwall, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sharma to 4 hospitals, 2 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Vivek Sharma's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Sharma is (927) 479-9401.

What is Dr. Vivek Sharma's medical license number?

Dr. Sharma holds Texas license R6478, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Vivek Sharma been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Sharma in Texas (2018 to 2026), New Mexico (2010 to 2021) and Pennsylvania (2008 to 2016).

Which hospitals is Dr. Vivek Sharma affiliated with?

Dr. Sharma is affiliated with Medical City Plano Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Sharma to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Vivek Sharma part of?

Dr. Sharma is linked to Access TeleCare. Dmand AI links Dr. Sharma to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Vivek Sharma accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sharma billed Medicare for 2,438 services in 2024, and Dr. Sharma accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Vivek Sharma offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Sharma as offering telehealth services.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Vivek Sharma see?

CMS counts 380 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sharma in 2024, with an average age of 76.

Is Dr. Vivek Sharma board certified?

Yes. Dr. Sharma is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Vivek Sharma bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Sharma's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), hospital inpatient care (99233) and hospital inpatient care (99223).

Where did Dr. Vivek Sharma go to medical school?

Dr. Sharma graduated from B.J. Medical College - University of Pune in 1997.

What drugs does Dr. Vivek Sharma prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Sharma's most prescribed drugs by claims were Allopurinol, Amlodipine Besylate and Farxiga.

Has Dr. Vivek Sharma received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $5,898 in general payments to Dr. Sharma from 20 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.

How long has Dr. Vivek Sharma been practicing?

Dr. Sharma graduated from medical school in 1997, 29 years ago.

Does Dr. Vivek Sharma do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Sharma.

Who does Dr. Vivek Sharma publish with?

Dr. Sharma's most frequent co-authors are Deborah Jebakumar (1 shared paper), Mohanram Narayanan, MD (1 shared paper) and Arundhati Rao, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Vivek Sharma accept?

Dr. Sharma is in network with 23 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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