Dr. Ashu Acharya, MD

Dr. Acharya practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia.

Dr. Acharya's NPI, 1356993752, was assigned on July 15, 2019. Dr. Acharya holds Virginia license 0101274200.

Dr. Acharya's primary practice is VCU Medical Center, at 1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298 in Richmond City. The practice phone is (804) 828-9000.

Dr. Acharya's primary practice is VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia. The medical group on file is MCV Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Acharya to 1 more group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency, 1 urgent care center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

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

CMS data shows 195 Medicare services from Dr. Acharya across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 44 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $13,010 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 44 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Acharya in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 24 patients. 66% of them have high blood pressure, and 61% have high cholesterol. 43% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.17, 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. Acharya's median patient age at 57, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Acharya wrote 1,635 Medicare Part D claims for 205 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,161 of them, across 39 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $108,252 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 596 claims across 26 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 24 papers to Dr. Acharya, published from 2019 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Colonoscopy, Patient Readmission and Stents. Dr. Acharya has published most often in Dig Dis Sci. Dr. Acharya's most frequent co-authors are Sachit Sharma, MD, Douglas Graham Adler, MD and Abdul Kouanda, MD.