What is Venkata Kovvali's specialty?

Venkata Kovvali (NPI 1629054317) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Interventional Cardiology in Lufkin, TX.

Where does Venkata Kovvali practice?

Venkata Kovvali practices in Lufkin, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629054317.

How much does Medicare pay Venkata Kovvali?

Venkata Kovvali (NPI 1629054317) received approximately $113K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,300 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629054317

Venkata KovvaliM.D.

Interventional CardiologyLufkin, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,450

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,681

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$101K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 466 Interventional Cardiology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 2,367).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,990

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$322K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate441 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium412 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate366 claims

Amlodipine Besylate286 claims

Losartan Potassium286 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$312

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$312

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$312

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Venkata Kovvali'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). 111 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PINEY WOODS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.P.	903	2,861
MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF EAST TEXAS	511	2,040
David Handley Diagnostic Radiology · Lufkin, TX	374	1,404
Troy Coleman Diagnostic Radiology · Lufkin, TX	269	2,627
Ravinder Bachireddy Interventional Cardiology · Lufkin, TX	141	1,055
Vikram Suraparaju Hospitalist · Austin, TX	137	721
Rohit Kedia Cardiology · Lufkin, TX	126	962
Christopher Bristow Emergency Medicine · Athens, TX	115	289
AMERICARE EMS LLC	107	346
Jansen Todd Family Practice · Lufkin, TX	105	744
Jose Capellan Pulmonary Disease · Lufkin, TX	104	518
Kyle Krohn Internal Medicine · Lufkin, TX	97	406

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

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