What is Kamalakannan Desikan's specialty?

Kamalakannan Desikan (NPI 1427251867) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Katy, TX.

Where does Kamalakannan Desikan practice?

Kamalakannan Desikan practices in Katy, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1427251867.

How much does Medicare pay Kamalakannan Desikan?

Kamalakannan Desikan (NPI 1427251867) received approximately $373K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 645 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1427251867

Kamalakannan DesikanMD

PRACTICEGERID MEDICAL CONSULTANTS, P.L.L.C.See all providers at this practice →

CardiologyKaty, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,502

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,513

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$352K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,379 Cardiology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 2,215).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,127

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$629K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate557 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium376 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium265 claims

Apixaban261 claims

Amlodipine Besylate197 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.7

Quality

100.0

Cost

72.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

1.04%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$981

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$981

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$981

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kamalakannan Desikan'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). 74 inbound referrers · 160 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	216	509
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	163	658
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	97	231
Randeep Suneja Cardiology · Katy, TX	85	303
Basti Thampoe Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	72	355
Christopher Newton Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	65	84
Michael Rodriguez Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	60	82
WEST I-10 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC	50	78
Edwin Rodriguez-Reyes Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	44	73
David Garza Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	41	61
Douglas Macinerney Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	40	62
Terence Oconnor Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	36	61

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	321	492
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	119	457
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	99	244
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	95	163
Terence Oconnor Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	92	138
Ramamanohara Pai Cardiology · Katy, TX	89	213
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	73	138
Randeep Suneja Cardiology · Katy, TX	72	206
LEONARD P GIETZ	69	155
John Hyun Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	60	81
Robert Brown Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	54	74
Sam Lo Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	52	63

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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