What is Sivanthan Balachandran's specialty?

Sivanthan Balachandran (NPI 1699840322) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Conway, SC.

Where does Sivanthan Balachandran practice?

Sivanthan Balachandran practices in Conway, SC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1699840322.

How much does Medicare pay Sivanthan Balachandran?

Sivanthan Balachandran (NPI 1699840322) received approximately $302K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 768 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699840322

Sivanthan BalachandranMD

NephrologyConway, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,249

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,115

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$297K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 138 Nephrology providers in SC — above median (cohort median 2,014).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,459

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.7M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

30.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Sevelamer Carbonate381 claims

Carvedilol168 claims

Amlodipine Besylate/Benazepril166 claims

Losartan Potassium160 claims

Calcium Acetate158 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.9

Quality

81.0

Cost

78.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.67%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$616

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$596

Education$20

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$596

Education$20

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sivanthan Balachandran'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). 81 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CONWAY HOSPITAL, INC.	306	1,930
GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	203	760
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	201	1,486
Mary Rose Tantoco Nephrology · Uncasville, CT	186	636
Russell Derrick Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	120	439
Joshua Tew Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	110	411
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.	84	1,142
Richard Wunder Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	84	384
NPI 1063498558	74	173
John Daly Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	73	183
Michael Brown Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	71	170
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.	68	1,092

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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