PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1679508485

Palur BalakrishnanMD

PRACTICEBHARAT K KANTHARIA MD PCSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

483

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

858

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$52K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,379 Cardiology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 2,215).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,390

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$144K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate144 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate131 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium120 claims

Lisinopril76 claims

Amlodipine Besylate73 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$357

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$357

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Palur Balakrishnan'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). 69 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CHCA BAYSHORE LP	241	430
PMC HOSPITAL, LLC	163	220
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	137	308
Tariq Hashmy Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	90	205
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	89	258
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER	72	116
GILLESPIE, JOHN	68	156
Rajan Parikh Emergency Medicine · Houston, TX	49	79
Michael Sher Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	48	137
Gerhard Wittich Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	43	95
Andrew Tenn Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	43	113
Corey Anderson Emergency Medicine · Pasadena, TX	41	55

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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