What is Kenneth Vargas's specialty?

Kenneth Vargas (NPI 1639249774) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Nashville, TN.

Where does Kenneth Vargas practice?

Kenneth Vargas practices in Nashville, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1639249774.

How much does Medicare pay Kenneth Vargas?

Kenneth Vargas (NPI 1639249774) received approximately $71K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 299 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639249774

Kenneth VargasMD

Internal MedicineNashville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

611

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

767

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$58K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,907 Internal Medicine providers in TN — above median (cohort median 791).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,802

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$811K

Distinct drugs

156

Brand share

19.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate553 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium504 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen378 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium308 claims

Losartan Potassium277 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kenneth Vargas'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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF TENNESSEE, INC.	146	426
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	112	210
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	26	74
Gina Chandler Cardiology · Nashville, TN	17	29
TEPPER, PATRICIA	15	33
Maribeth Follmer Nurse Practitioner · Hermitage, TN	13	19
Pathgroup Labs, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Nashville, TN	12	25

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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