What is Kartik Thaker's specialty?

Kartik Thaker (NPI 1144207739) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Lakewood, CA.

Where does Kartik Thaker practice?

Kartik Thaker practices in Lakewood, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1144207739.

How much does Medicare pay Kartik Thaker?

Kartik Thaker (NPI 1144207739) received approximately $279K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 528 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1144207739

Kartik ThakerM.D.

CardiologyLakewood, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,590

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,046

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$241K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 2,371).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,001

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$513K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate477 claims

Losartan Potassium241 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium238 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate227 claims

Furosemide174 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

86.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Travel and Lodging$480

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

Travel and Lodging$480

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (4)

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kartik Thaker'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). 22 inbound referrers · 43 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	114	348
PIH HEALTH WHITTIER HOSPITAL	86	394
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	60	151
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	54	77
Philip Lim Internal Medicine · Bellflower, CA	35	99
Cerritos Reference Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Costa Mesa, CA	24	40
Zareh Ounjian Diagnostic Radiology · Whittier, CA	22	84
Reza Sharafi Internal Medicine · Downey, CA	17	69
BARRETT, IVAN	17	43
Daniel Saket Diagnostic Radiology · Whittier, CA	15	55
NPI 1255335535	15	50
Paresh Patel Internal Medicine · Whittier, CA	15	40

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	117	249
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	106	318
PIH HEALTH WHITTIER HOSPITAL	69	280
Christopher Lee Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	66	202
Falck Mobile Health Corp Ambulance Service Provider · Orange, CA	55	116
Philip Lim Internal Medicine · Bellflower, CA	37	89
SEUNG, CHIN	29	64
KADIVAR, KHADIJEH	25	103
SCHEIN, MARK	25	94
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	23	40
Julie Sun Diagnostic Radiology · Downey, CA	22	49
Jagdish Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Whittier, CA	21	76

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.

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