What is Vijay Shanmugam's specialty?

Vijay Shanmugam (NPI 1174576839) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurology in Lancaster, CA.

Where does Vijay Shanmugam practice?

Vijay Shanmugam practices in Lancaster, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1174576839.

How much does Medicare pay Vijay Shanmugam?

Vijay Shanmugam (NPI 1174576839) received approximately $187K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 716 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1174576839

Vijay ShanmugamM.D.

NeurologyLancaster, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,205

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,746

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$180K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,670 Neurology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 581).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,127

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$599K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Levetiracetam238 claims

Carbidopa/Levodopa163 claims

Gabapentin162 claims

Memantine Hcl128 claims

Topiramate113 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

93.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$98

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$98

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$98

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (4)

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vijay Shanmugam'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). 50 inbound referrers · 103 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ANTELOPE VALLEY HEALTH CARE DISTRICT	221	534
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	57	142
Khalid Javeri Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Monica, CA	50	125
LASK, DAVID	48	93
NPI 1184787020	47	123
Edward Oh Diagnostic Radiology · Tucson, AZ	46	112
Doddanna Krishna Pulmonary Disease · Lancaster, CA	36	130
Serap Sobnosky Cardiology · Long Beach, CA	36	76
Pramod Kadambi Cardiology · Lancaster, CA	35	73
Kanwaljit Gill Cardiology · Palmdale, CA	33	103
Ric Garrison Family Practice · Palmdale, CA	31	96
Viken Manjikian Diagnostic Radiology · Eden Prairie, MN	30	55

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
ANTELOPE VALLEY HEALTH CARE DISTRICT	167	365
Marcelo Spector Diagnostic Radiology · New Haven, CT	88	295
Rajiv Pai Interventional Radiology · Northridge, CA	68	236
Jennifer Hill Diagnostic Radiology · Lancaster, CA	67	113
American Medical Response Of Southern California Ambulance Service Provider · Lancaster, CA	67	139
MEDRESPONSE INC.	66	143
NPI 1184787020	60	130
LANCASTER HOSPITAL CORPORATION	54	104
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	49	115
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	47	99
Dianna Chooljian Diagnostic Radiology · Long Beach, CA	46	95
Ranjiv Choudhary Cardiology · Palmdale, CA	45	96

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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