PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649224387

Vachaspathi PalakodetiMD

PRACTICEIMPERIAL VALLEY FAMILY CARE MEDICAL GROUP, APCSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyImperial, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

18,308

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

38,240

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2.2M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 2,371).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

16,458

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.6M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate2,202 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium1,396 claims

Sacubitril/Valsartan1,019 claims

Apixaban975 claims

Furosemide846 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$383

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$383

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vachaspathi Palakodeti'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). 168 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PIONEERS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT	793	2,421
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	725	1,869
Hitenkumar Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	403	929
SCHAEFER AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.	393	976
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	378	1,149
NPI 1447294160	296	866
Hanh Bui Cardiology · Vista, CA	295	705
Theodore Affue Urology · El Centro, CA	285	1,090
HADORN, JOHN	259	702
Jorge Robles Family Practice · El Centro, CA	228	1,071
PASCUAL, RAMON	201	551
Robert Curran Emergency Medicine · San Diego, CA	193	480

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

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