What is Chitharanjan Rao's specialty?

Chitharanjan Rao (NPI 1659306835) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurology in Pompton Plains, NJ.

Where does Chitharanjan Rao practice?

Chitharanjan Rao practices in Pompton Plains, NJ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1659306835.

How much does Medicare pay Chitharanjan Rao?

Chitharanjan Rao (NPI 1659306835) received approximately $64K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 304 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659306835

Chitharanjan RaoMD

NeurologyPompton Plains, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

462

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

570

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$61K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 477 Neurology providers in NJ — below median (cohort median 795).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

339

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Donepezil Hcl74 claims

Gabapentin68 claims

Memantine Hcl60 claims

Levetiracetam42 claims

Carbidopa/Levodopa26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Chitharanjan Rao'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). 73 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Kimberly Palangio Neurology · Lawrenceville, NJ	86	636
NOWELL, MARTHA	75	275
Kerstin Rubbert-Slawek Diagnostic Radiology · Kendall Park, NJ	72	341
Aissa Alexeeva Neurology · Lawrenceville, NJ	69	513
Robert Berger Diagnostic Radiology · Kendall Park, NJ	68	361
Prashant Bakhru Diagnostic Radiology · Kendall Park, NJ	67	289
Lisa Motavalli Cardiology · Plainsboro, NJ	65	314
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	64	208
Alpesh Patel Cardiology · Princeton, NJ	61	298
Nidhi Modi Neurology · Lawrenceville, NJ	60	332
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	60	186
David Youmans Diagnostic Radiology · Princeton, NJ	55	248

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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