What is Balu Chandra's specialty?

Balu Chandra (NPI 1588623342) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in North Richland Hills, TX.

Where does Balu Chandra practice?

Balu Chandra practices in North Richland Hills, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1588623342.

How much does Medicare pay Balu Chandra?

Balu Chandra (NPI 1588623342) received approximately $44K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 194 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1588623342

Balu ChandraM.D.

GastroenterologyNorth Richland Hills, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

311

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

353

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$39K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,103 Gastroenterology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 699).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

776

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$447K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium258 claims

Sod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac88 claims

Dicyclomine Hcl67 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates61 claims

Sucralfate61 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.0

Quality

66.5

Cost

71.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

98.0

Payment adjustment

0.25%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$99

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$99

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Balu Chandra'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
North Richland Hills Endoscopy Center Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · North Richland Hills, TX	73	111
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	44	138
John Mcdonald Pathology · Dallas, TX	35	101
Zi Yin Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Worth, TX	29	75
Jeffery Mckamey Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Mineral Wells, TX	13	19
Btdi Jv Llp Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Hurst, TX	12	24
Haiqiong Riggs Anesthesiology · Dallas, TX	12	23
TEXAS HEALTH HARRIS METHODIST HOSPITAL HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD	11	20
FUSSELMAN, ROBERT	11	31

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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