What is Pushpalatha Arakere's specialty?

Pushpalatha Arakere (NPI 1154380343) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Fresno, CA.

Where does Pushpalatha Arakere practice?

Pushpalatha Arakere practices in Fresno, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1154380343.

How much does Medicare pay Pushpalatha Arakere?

Pushpalatha Arakere (NPI 1154380343) received approximately $200K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 830 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1154380343

Pushpalatha ArakereM.D.

Infectious DiseaseFresno, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,360

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,004

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$198K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 583 Infectious Disease providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 564).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,874

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.5M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Doxycycline Hyclate208 claims

Cephalexin173 claims

Methenamine Hippurate131 claims

Fluconazole115 claims

Azithromycin109 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

23.7

Quality

0.0

Cost

78.9

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.16%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

105

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Pushpalatha Arakere'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). 56 inbound referrers · 84 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SAINT AGNES MEDICAL CENTER	155	891
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	96	330
FRESNO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	92	411
Charles Sohn Cardiology · Fresno, CA	42	84
Ronald Thant Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	41	102
Martin Rindahl Interventional Radiology · Clovis, CA	38	131
Terril Efird Diagnostic Radiology · Fresno, CA	35	85
Marc Draeger Diagnostic Radiology · Fresno, CA	32	81
Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt Diagnostic Radiology · Fresno, CA	31	94
William Carson Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	31	71
Pardeep Bhullar Hospitalist · Fresno, CA	29	70
Jeffrey Cochiolo Anesthesiology · Fresno, CA	29	67

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SAINT AGNES MEDICAL CENTER	117	910
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	86	359
Kwph Enterprises Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Fresno, CA	82	195
FRESNO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	46	318
Chandrasekar Venugopal Interventional Radiology · Fresno, CA	39	86
Jeffrey Saavedra Interventional Radiology · Fresno, CA	37	136
Chanh Nguyen Interventional Radiology · Fresno, CA	36	89
Martin Rindahl Interventional Radiology · Clovis, CA	35	112
Paul Speece Interventional Radiology · Fresno, CA	33	64
Lovrdu Pyreddy Pulmonary Disease · Fresno, CA	30	68
William Carson Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	27	56
Ronald Thant Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	27	62

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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