What is Shankar Kandaswamy's specialty?

Shankar Kandaswamy (NPI 1689657181) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Critical Care (Intensivists) in Newnan, GA.

Where does Shankar Kandaswamy practice?

Shankar Kandaswamy practices in Newnan, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1689657181.

How much does Medicare pay Shankar Kandaswamy?

Shankar Kandaswamy (NPI 1689657181) received approximately $179K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 679 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1689657181

Shankar KandaswamyM.D.

Critical Care (Intensivists)Newnan, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,582

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,551

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$174K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 171 Critical Care (Intensivists) providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 316).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,054

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

51.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Albuterol Sulfate790 claims

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter695 claims

Prednisone664 claims

Budesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol361 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate343 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.6

Quality

83.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.70%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$4K

Payment records

126

By payment type

Food and Beverage$4K

Education$100

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$4K

Education$100

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Shankar Kandaswamy'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). 70 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PIEDMONT NEWNAN HOSPITAL, INC.	447	2,035
Vijay Patel Critical Care (Intensivists) · Newnan, GA	105	513
Michael Pont Diagnostic Radiology · Carrollton, GA	104	338
Brannan Hatfield Diagnostic Radiology · Newnan, GA	98	338
Fawzi Mohammad Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA	96	289
George Stone Diagnostic Radiology · Newnan, GA	95	297
George Vellanikaran Cardiology · Sharpsburg, GA	90	386
David Bodne Diagnostic Radiology · Brooks, GA	85	249
Mayur Patel Critical Care (Intensivists) · Newnan, GA	77	473
MCNAIR, JOHN	75	195
Sanjay Sarin Nuclear Medicine · Fayetteville, GA	70	323
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	67	208

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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