What is Meenakshi Chaku's specialty?

Meenakshi Chaku (NPI 1578774303) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Maywood, IL.

Where does Meenakshi Chaku practice?

Meenakshi Chaku practices in Maywood, IL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1578774303.

How much does Medicare pay Meenakshi Chaku?

Meenakshi Chaku (NPI 1578774303) received approximately $104K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 262 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1578774303

Meenakshi ChakuM.D.

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OphthalmologyMaywood, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,001

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,281

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$83K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 667 Ophthalmology providers in IL — below median (cohort median 2,192).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,032

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$237K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

30.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost690 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate543 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat456 claims

Prednisolone Acetate243 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl211 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Meenakshi Chaku'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). 5 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION	250	2,804
Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts Llc Clinical Laboratory · Marlborough, MA	47	96
BROCKTON HOSPITAL, INC.	26	67
BROCKTON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER	20	42
Howard Guan Ophthalmology · San Marcos, CA	16	80

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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