What is Sarma Challa's specialty?

Sarma Challa (NPI 1699776286) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Baytown, TX.

Where does Sarma Challa practice?

Sarma Challa practices in Baytown, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1699776286.

How much does Medicare pay Sarma Challa?

Sarma Challa (NPI 1699776286) received approximately $177K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 576 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699776286

Sarma ChallaM.D.

CardiologyBaytown, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,593

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,490

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$165K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,734

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate897 claims

Ezetimibe846 claims

Apixaban789 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium733 claims

Losartan Potassium612 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

64.4

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$560

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$560

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$560

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sarma Challa'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). 48 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	174	545
Oliver Hunter Diagnostic Radiology · Baytown, TX	119	319
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	102	226
ALBUERNE, LUIS	81	215
Amir Rassoli Emergency Medicine · Baytown, TX	58	130
City Of Baytown Ambulance Service Provider · Baytown, TX	56	101
Matt Khoshnevis Critical Care (Intensivists) · Houston, TX	41	246
Saeed Kahkeshani Neurology · Baytown, TX	34	88
Donnell Newman Emergency Medicine · Grosse Pointe Park, MI	32	65
Bilal Moukaddem Nephrology · Houston, TX	30	88
Samir Nath Gastroenterology · Baytown, TX	28	124
Atulkumar Shah Gastroenterology · Arlington, TX	28	98

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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