What is Vidyashankar Ponnathpur's specialty?

Vidyashankar Ponnathpur (NPI 1588608103) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in East Stroudsburg, PA.

Where does Vidyashankar Ponnathpur practice?

Vidyashankar Ponnathpur practices in East Stroudsburg, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1588608103.

How much does Medicare pay Vidyashankar Ponnathpur?

Vidyashankar Ponnathpur (NPI 1588608103) received approximately $192K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 2,109 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1588608103

Vidyashankar PonnathpurMD

CardiologyEast Stroudsburg, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,715

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,527

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$185K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,062 Cardiology providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 1,995).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,147

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$713K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate555 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium514 claims

Apixaban451 claims

Amlodipine Besylate346 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate306 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

97.1

Quality

82.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.93%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vidyashankar Ponnathpur'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). 90 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST LUKES HOSPITAL-ANDERSON CAMPUS	728	3,389
NPI 1285859744	227	841
Jeffrey Bair Internal Medicine · East Stroudsburg, PA	183	513
Javed Malik Diagnostic Radiology · East Stroudsburg, PA	149	467
NPI 1023194628	148	381
Sandro Rodrigues Diagnostic Radiology · East Stroudsburg, PA	134	373
Gordon Fried Cardiology · East Stroudsburg, PA	129	441
Karthik Sheka Cardiology · East Stroudsburg, PA	114	393
Samer Alkhuja Pulmonary Disease · East Stroudsburg, PA	110	572
Anil Gupta Cardiology · East Stroudsburg, PA	97	330
Brian Mcdonald Internal Medicine · East Stroudsburg, PA	95	574
GOLD, STEVEN	92	447

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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