What is Murugan Athigaman's specialty?

Murugan Athigaman (NPI 1588620488) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Carlsbad, NM.

Where does Murugan Athigaman practice?

Murugan Athigaman practices in Carlsbad, NM, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1588620488.

How much does Medicare pay Murugan Athigaman?

Murugan Athigaman (NPI 1588620488) received approximately $60K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 234 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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.

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