What is Ashish Kalthia's specialty?

Ashish Kalthia (NPI 1508880659) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Garden Grove, CA.

Where does Ashish Kalthia practice?

Ashish Kalthia practices in Garden Grove, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1508880659.

How much does Medicare pay Ashish Kalthia?

Ashish Kalthia (NPI 1508880659) received approximately $191K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 319 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1508880659

Ashish KalthiaMD

PRACTICESOUTHERN CALIFORNIA KIDNEY CONSULTANTS INC.See all providers at this practice →

NephrologyGarden Grove, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

450

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,787

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$181K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 985 Nephrology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 1,482).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

477

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$94K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

15.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcium Acetate86 claims

Losartan Potassium75 claims

Furosemide60 claims

Amlodipine Besylate49 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol35 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$246

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$246

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$246

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ashish Kalthia'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). 32 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Steve Bui Nephrology · Garden Grove, CA	75	406
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	64	338
Ramani Nathan Nephrology · Garden Grove, CA	58	258
Harinder Gogia Cardiology · Santa Ana, CA	36	109
ST JUDE HOSPITAL INC	31	56
Reza Dehdari Diagnostic Radiology · Tustin, CA	30	181
NPI 1255335535	29	70
Danh Nguyen Diagnostic Radiology · Riverside, CA	29	61
Maurice Yu Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Ana, CA	28	331
Bradley Jackson Diagnostic Radiology · Fullerton, CA	27	83
Arman Forouzannia Diagnostic Radiology · Lynnwood, WA	25	34
Saif Siddiqi Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Ana, CA	25	180

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history

Healthparse Signals

Monitor this provider for changes — dated NPI change events