What is Venkata Tammana's specialty?

Venkata Tammana (NPI 1689833048) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Cookeville, TN.

Where does Venkata Tammana practice?

Venkata Tammana practices in Cookeville, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1689833048.

How much does Medicare pay Venkata Tammana?

Venkata Tammana (NPI 1689833048) received approximately $79K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 395 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1689833048

Venkata TammanaM.D.

GastroenterologyCookeville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

768

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

847

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$73K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 258 Gastroenterology providers in TN — above median (cohort median 809).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,159

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$113K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium476 claims

Sodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg145 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl106 claims

Omeprazole77 claims

Sucralfate71 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

70.8

Quality

35.6

Cost

70.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

96.0

Payment adjustment

-0.50%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$639

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$639

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$639

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Venkata Tammana'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). 27 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	252	1,105
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	62	189
Spencer Madell Diagnostic Radiology · Cookeville, TN	53	141
Meiklejohn Mckenzie Pathology · Cookeville, TN	42	88
Scott Reising Cardiology · Cookeville, TN	33	70
Mariano Battaglia Interventional Cardiology · Cookeville, TN	27	64
Robert Case Cardiology · Cookeville, TN	26	73
Sherif Shoukry Emergency Medicine · Richlands, VA	23	51
Mark Thomason Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Cookeville, TN	21	48
Don Asberry Pathology · Bristol, TN	19	39
Charles Hanson Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Cookeville, TN	17	38
William Gailmard Family Practice · Cookeville, TN	16	37

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.

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