PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1417032186

Augustine MekkamMD

PRACTICEKAISER PERMANENTESee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineRichmond, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

148

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

10.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium34 claims

Furosemide25 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium20 claims

Amlodipine Besylate17 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Augustine Mekkam'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). 3 inbound referrers · 4 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS	140	216
Michael Fox Diagnostic Radiology · Colorado Springs, CO	14	21
Amir Axelrod Cardiology · Albuquerque, NM	11	15

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS	23	38
Kevin Bobrowsky Cardiology · Vallejo, CA	15	36
LIPPMANN, LAWRENCE	13	17
Medic Ambulance Service Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Vallejo, CA	12	21

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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