Dr. Dhiren Kumar, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,014
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 302
- Part D claims, 2024
- 2,729
- MIPS score, 2024
- 84
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298
- Practice phone
- Call (804) 828-9000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Dhiren Kumar is a nephrologist in Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Kumar practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia.
Dr. Kumar's NPI, 1629162938, was assigned on October 3, 2006. Dr. Kumar graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2002. Dr. Kumar holds Virginia license 0101238466.
- NPI
- 1629162938NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4587682513
- NPI enumeration date
- October 3, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (804) 828-9000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 50
- Medical school graduation
- 2002
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Dhiren Kumar practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Kumar'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.
- VCU Medical Center1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298 · Richmond CityPhone(804) 828-9000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Dhiren Kumar is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Kumar's primary practice is VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia. Dr. Kumar is also affiliated with VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital. The medical group on file is MCV Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 1 more urgent care center, named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Dhiren Kumar's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kumar practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| VCU Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +2 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Dhiren Kumar is one of 289 nephrologists in Virginia
Nephrology is Dr. Kumar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Kumar is licensed in Virginia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, VirginiaPrimary
Nephrologists near Dr. Kumar
Counts of nephrologists 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. Dhiren Kumar billed Medicare for 1,014 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,014 Medicare services from Dr. Kumar across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 302 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $75,370 for them.
Dr. Kumar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 6752024: 677No change
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 295
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 872024: 2670%
- Surgery
- 2023: 242024: 1633%
Where Dr. Kumar's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office162%
- In a facility99898%
Dr. Kumar compared with the Virginia median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Kumar
- Virginia median
- Medicare services
- 1,014vs 1,22717% below
- Medicare patients
- 302vs 38722% below
- Part D claims
- 2,377vs 7703.1 times
Medians across 276 nephrologists in Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kumar'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. Dhiren Kumar treated 302 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 62
CMS counts 302 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 144 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 6.13, 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. Kumar's median patient age at 64, with 42% women.
Dr. Kumar's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Kumar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women13946%
- Men16354%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kumar's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes74%
- Ischemic heart disease41%
- Heart failure38%
- Arthritis35%
- Atrial fibrillation26%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kumar's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 64
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women42%
- Men58%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Dhiren Kumar wrote 2,729 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kumar wrote 2,729 Medicare Part D claims for 455 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,377 of them, across 46 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $246,373 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,722 claims across 50 drugs.
Dr. Kumar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,241 claims82%
- Brand-name435 claims16%
- Other53 claims2%
Dr. Kumar'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. Kumar's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics4%113 of 2,729 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: 2,7222024: 2,37713%
Drugs named by CMS: 46 in 2024, 50 in 2023.
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. Dhiren Kumar scored 84 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Kumar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kumar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Kumar as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Kumar's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 84of 100Final score
- 69.9of 100Quality
- 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 77of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Dhiren Kumar received $10,006 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 37 general payments to Dr. Kumar from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Honoraria make up the largest share, 51% of the total. OrganOx Ltd paid the most, $6,082.
General payments to Dr. Kumar by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Kumar by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Honoraria$5,12551%
- Food and beverage$2,17722%
- Travel and lodging$1,35314%
- Consulting fees$1,35013%
Companies that paid Dr. Kumar the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Dhiren Kumar graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine
Dr. Kumar graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2002.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Dhiren Kumar's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Dhiren Kumar's NPI number?
Dr. Dhiren Kumar's NPI number is 1629162938. It was assigned on October 3, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Dhiren Kumar?
Dr. Dhiren Kumar is a nephrologist in Richmond, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Dhiren Kumar practice?
Dr. Kumar practices at 1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298. Dr. Kumar's primary practice is VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kumar to 1 urgent care center.
What is Dr. Dhiren Kumar's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kumar is (804) 828-9000.
What is Dr. Dhiren Kumar's medical license number?
Dr. Kumar holds Virginia license 0101238466.
Which hospitals is Dr. Dhiren Kumar affiliated with?
Dr. Kumar practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Kumar is also affiliated with VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Dhiren Kumar part of?
Dr. Kumar is linked to MCV Physicians.
Does Dr. Dhiren Kumar accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kumar billed Medicare for 1,014 services in 2024, and Dr. Kumar accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Dhiren Kumar offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Kumar as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Dhiren Kumar's MIPS score?
Dr. Kumar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 84 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Dhiren Kumar see?
CMS counts 302 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kumar in 2024, with an average age of 62.
What services does Dr. Dhiren Kumar bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kumar's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), medicare service (G2211) and hospital inpatient care (99233).
Where did Dr. Dhiren Kumar go to medical school?
Dr. Kumar graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2002.
What drugs does Dr. Dhiren Kumar prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kumar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Carvedilol, Prednisone and Atorvastatin Calcium.
Has Dr. Dhiren Kumar received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $10,006 in general payments to Dr. Kumar from 11 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from OrganOx Ltd.
How long has Dr. Dhiren Kumar been practicing?
Dr. Kumar graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.
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