PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1336343912

Ramanna MerlaMD

CardiologyPomona, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,294

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,642

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$242K

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

3,187

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.5M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

45.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban409 claims

Sacubitril/Valsartan247 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate242 claims

Furosemide207 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol196 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.1

Quality

40.9

Cost

74.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

75.0

Payment adjustment

0.13%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Travel and Lodging$347

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ramanna Merla'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). 39 inbound referrers · 76 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	292	839
Hamidreza Torshizy Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	117	295
Johnson Lightfoote Diagnostic Radiology · Pomona, CA	109	250
SCHAEFER AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC	107	238
Christina Benedict Diagnostic Radiology · Pomona, CA	99	257
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	51	155
Rakesh Sinha Pulmonary Disease · Pomona, CA	46	101
Heather Davis Pulmonary Disease · Claremont, CA	45	111
Cmg Clinical Laboratory And Ancillary Services, Inc. Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Pomona, CA	39	77
Jayapal Reddy Internal Medicine · Pomona, CA	38	157
Anousheh Ashouri Internal Medicine · Riverside, CA	31	52
Alexander Chien Diagnostic Radiology · Pomona, CA	31	55

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	246	705
DAMUTH, HAROLD	84	249
American Medical Response Of Southern California Ambulance Service Provider · Irwindale, CA	82	183
Yanle Zhao Diagnostic Radiology · Pomona, CA	73	208
Stephen To Diagnostic Radiology · Pomona, CA	71	181
Paul Reisch Diagnostic Radiology · Pomona, CA	71	149
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	60	155
Johnson Lightfoote Diagnostic Radiology · Pomona, CA	59	129
Hamidreza Torshizy Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	55	131
SCHAEFER AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC	53	124
Khader Abounasr Pulmonary Disease · Rancho Cucamonga, CA	53	133
Christina Benedict Diagnostic Radiology · Pomona, CA	52	110

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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