What is Rachana Palnitkar's specialty?

Rachana Palnitkar (NPI 1508050790) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Los Gatos, CA.

Where does Rachana Palnitkar practice?

Rachana Palnitkar practices in Los Gatos, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1508050790.

How much does Medicare pay Rachana Palnitkar?

Rachana Palnitkar (NPI 1508050790) received approximately $201K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 540 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1508050790

Rachana PalnitkarM.D.

Infectious DiseaseLos Gatos, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,055

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,874

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$200K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 583 Infectious Disease providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 564).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

317

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$114K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

59.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Ceftriaxone Sodium48 claims

Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav41 claims

Vancomycin Hcl36 claims

Meropenem32 claims

Ampicillin Sod/Sulbactam Sod31 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 Rachana Palnitkar'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). 46 inbound referrers · 70 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, L.P.	206	515
Judong Pan Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	106	405
Matthew Tran Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	106	502
Sumit Majumder Infectious Disease · Los Gatos, CA	64	144
Rajeev Tandon Interventional Radiology · San Jose, CA	63	236
Will Tseng Critical Care (Intensivists) · San Jose, CA	46	516
Cynthia Sigler Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	43	123
Nayan Sheth Hospitalist · Mountain View, CA	38	190
Rekha Dharmaji Internal Medicine · San Jose, CA	37	152
Minhtruong Lai Critical Care (Intensivists) · San Jose, CA	37	432
Nisha Sandesara Hospitalist · San Jose, CA	35	176
Quynh Vu Hospitalist · Newport Beach, CA	33	218

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
FORD, KEITH	85	579
Sumit Majumder Infectious Disease · Los Gatos, CA	72	164
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, L.P.	72	179
WRIGHT, ALLAN	70	237
Kenneth Ong Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	68	256
Yueh-Ju Chung Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	67	267
Judong Pan Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	65	252
Matthew Tran Diagnostic Radiology · San Jose, CA	61	315
Protransport 1 Ambulance Service Provider · Rohnert Park, CA	51	114
Harish Murthy Pulmonary Disease · San Jose, CA	44	394
Royal Ambulance Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · San Leandro, CA	42	80
Rajeev Tandon Interventional Radiology · San Jose, CA	41	155

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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