What is Periyanan Vaduganathan's specialty?

Periyanan Vaduganathan (NPI 1518962588) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Houston, TX.

Where does Periyanan Vaduganathan practice?

Periyanan Vaduganathan practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518962588.

How much does Medicare pay Periyanan Vaduganathan?

Periyanan Vaduganathan (NPI 1518962588) received approximately $315K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 397 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518962588

Periyanan VaduganathanM.D.

CardiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,978

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,151

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$307K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,800

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$728K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate503 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium499 claims

Amlodipine Besylate402 claims

Apixaban351 claims

Losartan Potassium296 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

43.2

Cost

79.9

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$588

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$588

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$588

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Periyanan Vaduganathan'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). 83 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	213	692
Rohit Bhuriya Cardiology · Pearland, TX	180	3,298
Maqsood Javed Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	103	986
Sandeep Gupta Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	98	423
Mayank Patel Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	87	450
Mohammad Siddiqui Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	79	505
Jeffrey Goldstein Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	71	369
American Medical Response Of Texas Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX	67	196
Bryan Prange Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	66	303
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	64	115
Justin Tholany Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	62	229
Sandeep Amesur Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	56	278

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.

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