Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah, MD

  • Richmond, VA
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1710155817PAC ID2264600022
Medicare services, 2024
434
Medicare patients, 2024
186
Part D claims, 2024
1,581
Publications
12
MIPS score, 2024
84
Practice address
1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298
Practice phone
Call (804) 828-9000
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Primary practice

VCU Medical Center

Hospital · Richmond, Virginia

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Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah is a rheumatologist in Richmond, Virginia

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

Dr. Shah's NPI, 1710155817, was assigned on February 12, 2008. Dr. Shah holds Virginia license 0101252511.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2264600022
NPI enumeration date
February 12, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(804) 828-9000
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
51
Medical school graduation
2001

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

Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia

Dr. Shah'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 Center
    1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298 · Richmond CityPhone(804) 828-9000

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Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Shah's primary practice is VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia. Dr. Shah is also affiliated with VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital. The medical group on file is MCV Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shah to 1 more hospital and 1 urgent care center, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
VCU Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah is one of 160 rheumatologists in Virginia

Rheumatology is Dr. Shah's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dmand AI has Dr. Shah's licenses on file in 3 states: Virginia, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, VirginiaPrimaryLicense 0101252511 · taxonomy 207RR0500X
  • Internal medicine, MichiganLicense 4301087918 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • Pennsylvania licenseLicense MD442818

Rheumatologists near Dr. Shah

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

Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah billed Medicare for 434 services in 2024

CMS data shows 434 Medicare services from Dr. Shah across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 186 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $23,852 for them.

Medicare services, 2024434
Medicare patients186
Paid by Medicare$23,852
Procedure codes5

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2462024: 27913%
Other services
2023: 02024: 155

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

  • In an office39391%
  • In a facility419%

Dr. Shah compared with the Virginia median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Shah
  • Virginia median
Medicare services
434vs 99957% below
Medicare patients
186vs 30439% below
Part D claims
1,423vs 97047% above

Medians across 159 rheumatologists in Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Shah'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. Nehal Rachit Shah treated 186 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69

CMS counts 186 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shah in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 95 patients. 74% of them have arthritis, and 67% have high blood pressure. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.24, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Shah's median patient age at 68, with 75% women.

Medicare patients, 2024186
Average age69
Average risk score1.24
Also on Medicaid19%

Dr. Shah's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Shah's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13874%
  • Men4826%

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

  1. Arthritis74%
  2. High blood pressure67%
  3. High cholesterol66%
  4. Diabetes30%
  5. Ischemic heart disease25%
  6. Chronic kidney disease24%
  7. Mood disorders24%
  8. Anxiety23%

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

Dr. Shah's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women75%
  • Men25%

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

Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah wrote 1,581 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Shah wrote 1,581 Medicare Part D claims for 239 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,423 of them, across 32 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,748,680 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,295 claims across 32 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,581
Drugs named by CMS32
Total drug cost$1.7M
Part D patients239

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

  • Generic1,254 claims79%
  • Brand-name327 claims21%

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

  • Opioids5%82 of 1,581 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: 1,2952024: 1,42310%

Drugs named by CMS: 32 in 2024, 32 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. Nehal Rachit Shah 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. Shah for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Shah accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Shah as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Shah'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. Nehal Rachit Shah has 12 publications on record

Dmand AI links 12 papers to Dr. Shah, published from 2019 to 2025. 2019 was the busiest year, with 3. Dr. Shah has published most often in Asian J Transfus Sci. Dr. Shah's most frequent co-authors are Sayeeda Ahsanuddin, MD, Florina M. Constantinescu, MD and Harib H. Ezaldein, MD.

Papers12
Years published2019 to 2025

Dr. Shah's papers by year, 2019 to 2025

Dr. Shah's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Shah

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

Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah received $421 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Shah from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. paid the most, $145.

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

Companies that paid Dr. Shah 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. Nehal Rachit Shah'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah's NPI number?

Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah's NPI number is 1710155817. It was assigned on February 12, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah?

Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah is a rheumatologist in Richmond, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah practice?

Dr. Shah practices at 1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298. Dr. Shah's primary practice is VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shah to 1 hospital and 1 urgent care center.

What is Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Shah is (804) 828-9000.

What is Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah's medical license number?

Dr. Shah holds Virginia license 0101252511, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Shah in Virginia, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Which hospitals is Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah affiliated with?

Dr. Shah practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Shah is also affiliated with VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Shah to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah part of?

Dr. Shah is linked to MCV Physicians.

Does Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Shah billed Medicare for 434 services in 2024, and Dr. Shah accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah offer telehealth?

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

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What is Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah's MIPS score?

Dr. Shah's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 84 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah see?

CMS counts 186 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shah in 2024, with an average age of 69.

What services does Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Shah's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and office visit, established patient (99215).

What drugs does Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Shah's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Methotrexate and Prednisone.

Has Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $421 in general payments to Dr. Shah from 6 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.

How long has Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah been practicing?

Dr. Shah graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.

Does Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah do research?

Dmand AI links 12 publications to Dr. Shah, published from 2019 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Nehal Rachit Shah publish with?

Dr. Shah's most frequent co-authors are Sayeeda Ahsanuddin, MD (1 shared paper), Florina M. Constantinescu, MD (1 shared paper) and Harib H. Ezaldein, MD (1 shared paper).

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