PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1588620488

Murugan AthigamanMD

General SurgeryCarlsbad, NMI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

300

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

339

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$29K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 136 General Surgery providers in NM — top quintile (cohort median 171).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

186

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

50.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Sucralfate44 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl41 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium31 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl30 claims

Oxycodone Hcl17 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.5

Quality

79.1

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.61%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Murugan Athigaman'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). 26 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HAMMER, RICHARD	95	361
Lance Dell Diagnostic Radiology · Albuquerque, NM	88	295
TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES	58	295
SIMS, MICHAEL	56	253
Kim Lark Family Practice · Carlsbad, NM	53	287
Lisa Vellinga Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Mesquite, NV	45	156
Jeremy Bison Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Carlsbad, NM	33	131
Patrick Connor Emergency Medicine · Ruidoso, NM	33	85
Derik Brown Podiatry · Carlsbad, NM	29	121
CARLSBAD OPEN MRI	27	65
Elizabeth Madison Nurse Practitioner · Carlsbad, NM	25	113
Jennifer Knight Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Vestavia, AL	25	86

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history