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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1366719023

Venkat MerlaM.D.

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Internal MedicineBakersfield, CAI
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INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
6,480
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$332K
Distinct drugs
98
Brand share
24.8%
Top prescribed drugs
Atorvastatin Calcium545 claims
Amlodipine Besylate285 claims
Rosuvastatin Calcium267 claims
Lisinopril258 claims
Losartan Potassium249 claims
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Venkat 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). 31 inbound referrers · 72 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
THE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF ACADIANA, LLC3211,406
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.
Ambulance Service Provider · Lafayette, LA
176837
Mohammed Amari
Pulmonary Disease · Bentonville, AR
79584
MILLER, ROMNEY75292
Richard Vanbergen
Diagnostic Radiology · New Iberia, LA
75304
Patrick Boyle
Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LA
72329
Benjamin Henderson
Diagnostic Radiology · Greenville, SC
70264
Nicholas Lemoine
Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LA
69248
Krishna Nagendran
Interventional Cardiology · Naperville, IL
66317
Kenneth Spiller
Internal Medicine · Lafayette, LA
62185
GRACE, DAVID56426
Maximo Lamarche
Nephrology · Lafayette, LA
51258
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Garth King
Emergency Medicine · Sulphur, LA
107971
THE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF ACADIANA, LLC89422
Stacey Macip
Diagnostic Radiology · Lafayette, LA
86327
NPI 170088375885359
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.
Ambulance Service Provider · Lafayette, LA
83290
Mark Stephan
Diagnostic Radiology · Lafayette, LA
83269
Quentin Romero
Internal Medicine · Jennings, LA
80598
Mohammed Amari
Pulmonary Disease · Bentonville, AR
79642
MILLER, ROMNEY73266
LEBRON-BERGES, ALFONSO62310
MCLEMORE, HENRY61195
Joan Wojak
Diagnostic Radiology · Lafayette, LA
61267
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.