What is K Shankar's specialty?

K Shankar (NPI 1548296429) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Hospitalist in Arlington, TX.

Where does K Shankar practice?

K Shankar practices in Arlington, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1548296429.

How much does Medicare pay K Shankar?

K Shankar (NPI 1548296429) received approximately $89K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 219 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548296429

K ShankarMD

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HospitalistArlington, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

426

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

958

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$89K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,047 Hospitalist providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 457).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

262

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$16K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Cefdinir37 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium30 claims

Amlodipine Besylate29 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate26 claims

Apixaban20 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$68

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$68

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$68

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where K Shankar'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). 48 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SEVIER COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE	144	391
PATTERSON, WILLIAM	110	248
DILL, STEPHEN	110	253
Robert Santee Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	106	213
Roger Riedel Interventional Cardiology · Sevierville, TN	105	227
Helen Bidawid Internal Medicine · Oak Ridge, TN	95	175
Michael Adler Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	86	184
John Texada Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	65	126
Jason Graber Emergency Medicine · Elkhart, IN	40	90
John Pope Emergency Medicine · Hermitage, TN	38	90
Charles Ewoh Internal Medicine · Fort Worth, TX	36	84
Steven Addonizio Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	34	67

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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