What is Kanakapura Venkatakrishna's specialty?

Kanakapura Venkatakrishna (NPI 1144222142) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Fort Wayne, IN.

Where does Kanakapura Venkatakrishna practice?

Kanakapura Venkatakrishna practices in Fort Wayne, IN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1144222142.

How much does Medicare pay Kanakapura Venkatakrishna?

Kanakapura Venkatakrishna (NPI 1144222142) received approximately $136K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 415 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1144222142

Kanakapura VenkatakrishnaMD

NephrologyFort Wayne, INI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

856

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,566

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$119K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 192 Nephrology providers in IN — above median (cohort median 1,421).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,149

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$129K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcitriol210 claims

Losartan Potassium152 claims

Amlodipine Besylate116 claims

Carvedilol79 claims

Furosemide76 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$504

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$504

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$504

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (10)

Dialysis facility

Dialysis facility

Dialysis facility

Dialysis facility

Dialysis facility

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kanakapura Venkatakrishna'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). 142 inbound referrers · 194 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PARKVIEW HOSPITAL, INC.	252	1,492
IOM HEALTH SYSTEM LP	183	557
Badal Raval Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	126	669
John Ducker Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	122	581
Samuel Eby Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	117	574
Irfan Munir Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	96	540
Garima Gupta Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	91	391
Mark Rumancik Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	85	560
Guy Asher Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	84	302
Melanie Barrido Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	83	445
Samuel Steury Diagnostic Radiology · Grand Junction, CO	64	240
ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	59	242

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
PARKVIEW HOSPITAL, INC.	242	1,485
IOM HEALTH SYSTEM LP	146	456
John Ducker Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	125	776
Badal Raval Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	109	431
Prasanna Isaac Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	101	414
Guy Asher Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	100	415
Sajjad Habib Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	99	610
Garima Gupta Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	96	392
Samuel Eby Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	95	563
Swapna Joseph Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	95	431
Andrew O'shaughnessy Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	94	415
Maria Valcarcel Nephrology · Fort Wayne, IN	94	375

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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