PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639356827

Nithin KarakalaMD

NephrologyLittle Rock, ARI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

388

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

634

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$59K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 60 Nephrology providers in AR — below median (cohort median 1,585).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

376

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$8K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

6.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Torsemide48 claims

Losartan Potassium38 claims

Lisinopril33 claims

Furosemide30 claims

Allopurinol26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$126

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$101

Education$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nithin Karakala'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). 43 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	241	2,174
James Ravenel Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, SC	72	205
DIALYSIS CLINIC INC.	47	764
Charleston County Government Ambulance Service Provider · North Charleston, SC	40	174
Bhavna Bhasin-Chhabra Nephrology · Scottsdale, AZ	40	123
Philip Costello Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, SC	38	139
David Gregg Cardiology · Charleston, SC	38	97
NPI 1285742221	35	105
NPI 1457469306	33	67
Stephen Schabel Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, SC	31	181
Eric Powers Interventional Cardiology · Charleston, SC	30	99
Milos Budisavjevic Nephrology · Charleston, SC	29	297

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history