What is Kunal Kanitkar's specialty?

Kunal Kanitkar (NPI 1639210925) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Lexington, SC.

Where does Kunal Kanitkar practice?

Kunal Kanitkar practices in Lexington, SC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1639210925.

How much does Medicare pay Kunal Kanitkar?

Kunal Kanitkar (NPI 1639210925) received approximately $478K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,680 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639210925

Kunal KanitkarM.D.

PRACTICEPALMETTO OPHTHALMOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyLexington, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,207

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,453

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$456K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 262 Ophthalmology providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 3,252).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,782

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$639K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

45.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost506 claims

Prednisolone Acetate221 claims

Bimatoprost218 claims

Cyclosporine161 claims

Cyclosporine159 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.2

Quality

99.9

Cost

74.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.72%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$15K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$12K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$12K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kunal Kanitkar'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). 19 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LEXINGTON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT INC	219	503
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	52	81
LEXINGTON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, INC.	29	45
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	25	48
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	23	47
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, LLC	21	37
Nicholas Mayes Diagnostic Radiology · West Columbia, SC	20	29
John Walters Ophthalmology · Lexington, SC	19	38
Franklin Williams Anesthesiology · Columbia, SC	18	52
Jonathan Hewett Interventional Cardiology · West Columbia, SC	15	32
CLEMENZ, LAYNE	14	18
Lexington County Ems Ambulance Service Provider · Lexington, SC	13	17

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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