What is Kushal Karnik's specialty?

Kushal Karnik (NPI 1609194125) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Chula Vista, CA.

Where does Kushal Karnik practice?

Kushal Karnik practices in Chula Vista, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1609194125.

How much does Medicare pay Kushal Karnik?

Kushal Karnik (NPI 1609194125) received approximately $50K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 193 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609194125

Kushal KarnikM.D.

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Internal MedicineChula Vista, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

325

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

649

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$49K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — above median (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$739

Distinct drugs

Brand share

64.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Cefuroxime Axetil20 claims

Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav15 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate13 claims

Prednisone13 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.7

Quality

81.0

Cost

82.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$315

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$315

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$315

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kushal Karnik'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). 39 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LUCY WEBB HAYES NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DEACONESSES & MISSIONARIE	317	1,103
Richard Newman Diagnostic Radiology · Washington, DC	96	297
David Krug Diagnostic Radiology · Washington, DC	78	214
Pratima Thotakura Internal Medicine · Washington, DC	66	181
Gregory Cope Emergency Medicine · Washington, DC	49	106
Michael Lee Internal Medicine · Washington, DC	47	150
Janice Hwang Diagnostic Radiology · Washington, DC	47	128
Cristina Murdock Geriatric Medicine · Houston, TX	46	138
Peter Tait Internal Medicine · Washington, DC	44	103
Nadia Eltaki Emergency Medicine · Washington, DC	43	143
Pooja Gupta Internal Medicine · Washington, DC	42	117
NPI 1457306805	41	126

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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