Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSC

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1134239874

Dr. Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSC is a Hospitalist in Nashville, Tennessee. Graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1997, 29 years ago. Practices with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a 3,466-clinician group, works from 3 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
29
Trained at
Baylor College of Medicine
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Partly verified

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Vanderbilt Center For Health Services Research 1215 21st Ave S Ste 6000 Med Ctr East
Nashville, TN 37232-0001
Phone: (615) 936-3525
Fax: (615) 936-1269
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Additional practice locations (2)

  • 1301 Medical Center Dr, Nashville, TN 37232-0001 — (615) 936-2000
  • 1211 Medical Center Dr, Nashville, TN 37232-0001 — (615) 322-3000

Specialties & licences

Hospitalist Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208M00000X · Licence 42809 (TN)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence MD42809 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1134239874
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD , MSC
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 30, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMarch 25, 2022
Certification dateMarch 25, 2022

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyHOSPITALIST
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1997 (29 years in practice)
Group practice Vanderbilt University Medical Center — 3466 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients11
Services billed 42 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $5,654 1 payment
Food and Beverage $368 4 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $90 1 payment · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3466 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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