What is Sharmini Balakrishnan's specialty?

Sharmini Balakrishnan (NPI 1639306343) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Louisville, KY.

Where does Sharmini Balakrishnan practice?

Sharmini Balakrishnan practices in Louisville, KY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1639306343.

How much does Medicare pay Sharmini Balakrishnan?

Sharmini Balakrishnan (NPI 1639306343) received approximately $332K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 576 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639306343

Sharmini BalakrishnanM.D.

PRACTICEEYE SPECIALISTS OF LOUISVILLE, PSCSee all providers at this practice →

OphthalmologyLouisville, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,813

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,275

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$318K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 186 Ophthalmology providers in KY — above median (cohort median 1,932).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

506

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$12K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate184 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl151 claims

Diclofenac Sodium92 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine79 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

72.1

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$252

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$252

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$252

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sharmini Balakrishnan'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
JEWISH HOSPITAL & ST. MARY'S HEALTHCARE, INC.	26	57
Eye Surgery Center Of New Albany, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · New Albany, IN	23	76
Dyan Sefton Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Charlestown, IN	23	76
NPI 1447212774	18	48

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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