What is Murali Chakinala's specialty?

Murali Chakinala (NPI 1407872724) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Saint Louis, MO.

Where does Murali Chakinala practice?

Murali Chakinala practices in Saint Louis, MO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1407872724.

How much does Medicare pay Murali Chakinala?

Murali Chakinala (NPI 1407872724) received approximately $101K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 769 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1407872724

Murali ChakinalaMD

Pulmonary DiseaseSaint Louis, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,688

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,044

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$89K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 230 Pulmonary Disease providers in MO — top quintile (cohort median 922).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,262

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$32.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

43.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Macitentan829 claims

Tadalafil594 claims

Spironolactone490 claims

Ambrisentan485 claims

Riociguat422 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.2

Quality

71.6

Cost

75.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$51K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$38K

Travel and Lodging$11K

Food and Beverage$3K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$38K

Travel and Lodging$11K

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Murali Chakinala'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). 44 inbound referrers · 60 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Jeffrey Atkinson Pulmonary Disease · Saint Louis, MO	139	359
Peter Tuteur Internal Medicine · Saint Louis, MO	120	264
Harvey Glazer Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	117	390
Janice Semenkovich Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	80	237
Cylen Javidan-Nejad Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	74	184
Sandor Kovacs Cardiology · Saint Louis, MO	60	189
Chad Witt Pulmonary Disease · Saint Louis, MO	54	130
David Gierada Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	52	244
Colleen Mcevoy Pulmonary Disease · Saint Louis, MO	45	228
Adrian Shifren Pulmonary Disease · Saint Louis, MO	42	148
Tonya Russell Pulmonary Disease · Saint Louis, MO	40	141
Fernando Gutierrez Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	39	128

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL	328	1,122
Majesh Makan Cardiology · Saint Louis, MO	72	140
Jeffrey Atkinson Pulmonary Disease · Saint Louis, MO	71	147
Harvey Glazer Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	59	216
Janice Semenkovich Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	58	189
Sanjeev Bhalla Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	58	119
TRULOCK, ELBERT	53	228
David Gierada Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	49	177
Daniel Rosenbluth Pulmonary Disease · Saint Louis, MO	46	199
Andrew Bierhals Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	46	100
Peter Tuteur Internal Medicine · Saint Louis, MO	43	79
Ramsey Hachem Pulmonary Disease · Saint Louis, MO	41	125

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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