PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1053412551

Diwaker BalachandranM.D.

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Pulmonary DiseaseHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,188

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,216

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$35K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 664 Pulmonary Disease providers in TX — above median (cohort median 1,111).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.3

Quality

70.8

Cost

67.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$30

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$30

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$30

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 450076

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Diwaker Balachandran's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 41 inbound referrers · 72 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	337	1,265
TARRAND, JEFFREY	84	197
William Murphy Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	40	53
Girish Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	39	68
Peter Kim Cardiology · Houston, TX	39	62
Kara Thompson Cardiology · Houston, TX	39	65
Saadia Faiz Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	34	53
MCENERY, KEVIN	34	82
Elie Mouhayar Cardiology · Houston, TX	30	43
Jeremy Erasmus Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	29	51
Kaveh Karimzad Cardiology · Houston, TX	29	57
Mylene Truong Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	28	43

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	340	1,265
Girish Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	66	136
TARRAND, JEFFREY	50	89
MURPHY, VICKIE	49	109
Sonia Betancourt Cuellar Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	49	94
Kara Thompson Cardiology · Houston, TX	45	99
Kaveh Karimzad Cardiology · Houston, TX	45	86
Jeremy Erasmus Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	44	75
Carol Wu Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	40	78
Gregory Gladish Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	38	61
Patricia De Groot Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	38	80
Saamir Hassan Cardiology · Houston, TX	38	74

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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