What is Karthik Kovvuru's specialty?

Karthik Kovvuru (NPI 1639482821) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in San Antonio, TX.

Where does Karthik Kovvuru practice?

Karthik Kovvuru practices in San Antonio, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1639482821.

How much does Medicare pay Karthik Kovvuru?

Karthik Kovvuru (NPI 1639482821) received approximately $35K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 131 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639482821

Karthik KovvuruMD

NephrologySan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

165

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

276

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$26K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

505

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$80K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcitriol78 claims

Tamsulosin Hcl63 claims

Furosemide40 claims

Allopurinol32 claims

Empagliflozin30 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karthik Kovvuru'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). 59 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
JAGWANI, SUNDER	339	912
Abhash Thakur Cardiology · Greenwood, MS	245	701
Amaleswari Pamarthy Hospitalist · Jackson, MS	216	610
Lauren Marlow Internal Medicine · Greenwood, MS	117	258
Louis Moses Emergency Medicine · Greenwood, MS	115	235
Jeffrey Harden Emergency Medicine · Greenwood, MS	103	233
Paula Spence-Evans Emergency Medicine · Greenwood, MS	98	179
Jon Ashley Emergency Medicine · Greenwood, MS	89	207
Larry Cooper Family Practice · Greenwood, MS	89	220
Kenneth Hines Internal Medicine · Greenwood, MS	54	119
William Jones Family Practice · Greenwood, MS	48	114
Ravi Pande Neurology · Greenwood, MS	42	74

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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