Avinash Bhargava Kumar, MD

Primary specialty

Anesthesiology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207L00000X

License

48588 Issued in TN

Practice address

3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232-0001

Phone

(615) 322-3000

NPI assigned

Jul 12, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 4

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN, WI, MO3 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 3

Specialty

AnesthesiologyAlso: Critical Care (Intensivists)

Education

Other, 1996

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 5092023416, 3,510 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Hospital, Lebanon, TN, CCN 440193
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440039
• Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Hospital, Tullahoma, TN, CCN 440144
• Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Hospital, Shelbyville, TN, CCN 440137

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: akumar533150@direct-ehr-ssmhc.com
• Direct secure messaging: akumar27099@direct.vumc.org

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1104202761

  Anesthesiology

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Beaver Dam Community Hospitals Inc

  • Clinic/Center
  • Beaver Dam, WI
  • NPI 1972188555
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Flambeau Hospital Inc

  • Clinic/Center
  • Park Falls, WI
  • NPI 1194317966
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Flambeau Hospital Inc

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Park Falls, WI
  • NPI 1700963048
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Lakeview Medical Center Inc of Rice Lake

  • Clinic/Center
  • Rice Lake, WI
  • NPI 1093201832
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Marshfield Clinic Inc

  • Clinic/Center
  • Marshfield, WI
  • NPI 1952347981
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• MCHS Hospitals Inc

  • Clinic/Center
  • Marshfield, WI
  • NPI 1093221434

  Anesthesiology

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• MCHS Hospitals Inc

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Ladysmith, WI
  • NPI 1952890873
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Memorial Hospital Inc

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Neillsville, WI
  • NPI 1346239373
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• SSM Health Care Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1306589544

  Anesthesiology

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• SSM Health Slu Hospital Anesthesia Physician Billing, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1407232804
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Beaver Dam Community Hospitals Inc

  • Pharmacy
  • Beaver Dam, WI
  • NPI 1295771780
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital, LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Shelbyville, TN
  • NPI 1487253449
  Care Compare affiliation
• Vanderbilt Coffee Hospital, LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Tullahoma, TN
  • NPI 1831798719
  Care Compare affiliation
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lebanon, TN
  • NPI 1306889597
  Care Compare affiliation
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1396882205
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "postal_code": "372152691",
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• Jocelyn Kuleck, OT
• Dina Kulenovic, PSYD
• Kelsey Lynn Kulka, PA
• Maansi Kulkarni, MD
• Yaa A Kumah-Crystal, MD
• Balbir Kumar, MD
• Nita S Kumar, CRNA
• Vanessa Jane Kumpf, PHARMD
• Russell Kunic, APRN
• Felix Bandele Kunnu, ED.D, LPC/MHSP, NCC

• Anesthesiology Physician in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Anesthesiology Physician in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 2, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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