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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1710026158

Balchander RaoMD

Internal MedicineHouston, TXI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
195
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$44K
Distinct drugs
9
Brand share
68.2%
Top prescribed drugs
Albuterol Sulfate47 claims
Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter36 claims
Prednisone32 claims
Alprazolam19 claims
Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav14 claims
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$34
Payment records
2
By payment type
Food and Beverage$34
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Balchander Rao'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). 28 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
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2592
Mirza Baig
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2556
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2488
TRIUMPH HOSPITAL OF NORTH HOUSTON, LP2340
Patrick Johnson
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
1834
American Medical Response Of Texas Inc
Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX
1736
Henry Grainger
Internal Medicine · Houston, TX
1695
HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT1654
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.
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
89
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
251
Distinct HCPCS
2
Medicare payment
$16K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 6,183 Internal Medicine providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 673).