What is Talene Churukian's specialty?

Talene Churukian (NPI 1538356902) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Sleep Medicine in Palm Desert, CA.

Where does Talene Churukian practice?

Talene Churukian practices in Palm Desert, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538356902.

How much does Medicare pay Talene Churukian?

Talene Churukian (NPI 1538356902) received approximately $133K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,074 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538356902

Talene ChurukianDO

Sleep MedicinePalm Desert, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,610

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,926

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$132K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 101 Sleep Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 473).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

556

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Trazodone Hcl112 claims

Zolpidem Tartrate92 claims

Alprazolam40 claims

Gabapentin40 claims

Pitolisant Hcl36 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.9

Quality

85.4

Cost

74.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.54%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$839

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$784

Education$55

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$784

Education$55

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Talene Churukian'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). 27 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER	523	5,427
SACHS, NEIL	46	198
SNEIDER, RONALD	33	155
Bayani Evangelista Diagnostic Radiology · Rancho Mirage, CA	30	80
Philip Patel Cardiology · Rancho Mirage, CA	28	174
Kristopher Foreman Diagnostic Radiology · Rancho Mirage, CA	23	54
Josephine Nguyen Diagnostic Radiology · Rancho Mirage, CA	23	45
Leon Feldman Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Rancho Mirage, CA	21	206
NPI 1265537310	20	63
Hazmer Cassim Pain Management · Rancho Mirage, CA	19	146
Jonathan Blevins Diagnostic Radiology · Rancho Mirage, CA	18	33
Samir Macwan Neurology · Rancho Mirage, CA	17	183

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

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