Venkata Puneet Ponakala, MD

Primary specialty

Hospitalist PhysicianTaxonomy code 208M00000X

License

72046 Issued in TN

Practice address

25 Pocono Rd
Denville, NJ 07834-2954

Phone

(973) 625-6000

NPI assigned

Jun 1, 2021

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

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Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

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 1

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 2020

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Hospital Medicine Services of TN LLCGroup PAC ID 2365807633, 266 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440197

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Hospital Medicine Services of TN, LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1982301065
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD

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

• HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1720032345
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "number": "1982270872",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "42363 SOUTHFORK CT",
            "city": "STERLING",
            "state": "VA",
            "postal_code": "201662244"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "25 POCONO RD",
            "city": "DENVILLE",
            "state": "NJ",
            "postal_code": "078342954",
            "telephone_number": "973-625-6000"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "PONAKALA",
        "first_name": "VENKATA",
        "middle_name": "PUNEET",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2021-06-01",
        "last_updated": "2026-02-12",
        "certification_date": "2026-02-12",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "code": "390200000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program",
            "state": null,
            "license": null,
            "primary": false
        },
        {
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            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Hospitalist",
            "state": "TN",
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        }
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• Pinnacle Emergency Physicians Associates LLC
• Elizabeth Marie Platt, PA-C
• Annmarie Plesnik, M.A.
• Jeffrey Plutchok, M.D.
• Catherine Anne Pollak, MSW
• Samuel Paul Porfido Jr, D.O.
• Emily Maria Portela, MA, NCC, LAC
• Yashas Prasad Mylarappa, M.D.
• Prema Prasad, M.D.
• Reshmanth Prathipati, M.D.,

• Hospitalist Physician in Denville, NJ
• Providers in Denville, NJ by specialty
• Hospitalist Physician in New Jersey

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 12, 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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