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Varun Shah

NPI 1538573480ActiveIndividual· Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease· Knoxville, TN

Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease with Statcare Inpatient LLC and 1 other group, practicing in Knoxville, Tennessee. Their prescriptions cost Medicare Part D more than their services did: $234,510 for 612 claims, against $110,403 paid for services in 2024. Pulmonx Corporation was the largest of 23 companies reporting payments in 2025, $24,250 in all, mostly consulting fees. Lists Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and 4 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.

Overview

NPI1538573480
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJun 19, 2014
Last updated in NPPESJun 22, 2026
Certified by providerJun 22, 2026

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Primary207RP1001X62345TN

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Pulmonary Disease (TN)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients248
Services billed1,598 across 63 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$110,403

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)612 · 776 30-day fills
Patients176
Total drug cost$234,510
Generic share32% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year2012
Medicare specialtyPulmonary Disease
Secondary specialtiesCritical Care (Intensivists)

Medical groups

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$24,250 · 109 payments from 23 companies
  • 2024$21,347 · 136 payments from 17 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Consulting Fee$16,000 · 4 payments
  • Food and Beverage$3,688 · 92 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$3,563 · 11 payments
  • Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$1,000 · 2 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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