PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659354587

Veena ShankarM.D.

CardiologyFramingham, MAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,607

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,430

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$209K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 693 Cardiology providers in MA — above median (cohort median 1,819).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,222

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$718K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate771 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium476 claims

Apixaban379 claims

Losartan Potassium349 claims

Lisinopril231 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$173

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$173

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Veena Shankar'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). 92 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BICK, RONALD	138	261
Jeff Velez Interventional Radiology · Medford, MA	131	250
Billy Buff Diagnostic Radiology · Worcester, MA	110	145
Jill Reinherz Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	104	189
Michelle Swire Diagnostic Radiology · Framingham, MA	103	187
MORRIS, MARY LOU	101	157
Patrick Blomberg Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Framingham, MA	99	223
Erica Gupta Diagnostic Radiology · Framingham, MA	90	161
Mohamed Zaki Refaat Cardiology · Fort Collins, CO	86	134
Justine Morris Diagnostic Radiology · Worcester, MA	85	156
David Young Cardiology · Framingham, MA	84	249
James Alderman Internal Medicine · Framingham, MA	81	152

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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