PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1336313717

Palak ShahM.D., M.S.

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Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyFalls Church, VAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

213

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$17K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 25 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology providers in VA — bottom quintile (cohort median 879).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

286

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$138K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

36.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Sacubitril/Valsartan49 claims

Spironolactone34 claims

Carvedilol32 claims

Warfarin Sodium30 claims

Empagliflozin28 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

83.4

Quality

73.0

Cost

71.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.35%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$18K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$9K

Travel and Lodging$8K

Food and Beverage$539

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Palak Shah'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). 13 inbound referrers · 17 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Shashank Desai Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Falls Church, VA	40	307
Christopher May Internal Medicine · Falls Church, VA	26	167
Ingrid Schneider Diagnostic Radiology · Fairfax, VA	19	99
Gurusher Panjrath Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Washington, DC	18	171
MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, LLC	15	65
Lauren Cantwell Nurse Practitioner · Falls Church, VA	15	78
Quality Assured Services Inc. All Other Suppliers · Orlando, FL	13	39
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Md Clinical Laboratory · Baltimore, MD	13	51
Kathryn Grumbach Diagnostic Radiology · Fairfax, VA	13	56
Director Of Finance-County Of Fairfax Va Ambulance Service Provider · Fairfax, VA	12	33
Marianne Shih Diagnostic Radiology · Fairfax, VA	11	32
O'CONNELL, ROBERT	11	43

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES	64	530
Shashank Desai Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Falls Church, VA	34	307
Christopher May Internal Medicine · Falls Church, VA	30	260
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	22	174
Robert Cunnion Cardiology · Fairfax, VA	21	98
Mary Maydosz Nurse Practitioner · Falls Church, VA	18	172
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Md Clinical Laboratory · Baltimore, MD	17	61
Shalika Katugaha Infectious Disease · Jacksonville, FL	15	243
Jasbir Johal Pathology · Falls Church, VA	15	70
MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, LLC	15	84
Maria Binetti Nurse Practitioner · Falls Church, VA	14	104
Jonathan Alfert Diagnostic Radiology · Fairfax, VA	13	56

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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