What is Mala Balakumar's specialty?

Mala Balakumar (NPI 1710913009) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Colorectal Surgery (Proctology) in Garden City, NY.

Where does Mala Balakumar practice?

Mala Balakumar practices in Garden City, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1710913009.

How much does Medicare pay Mala Balakumar?

Mala Balakumar (NPI 1710913009) received approximately $116K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 225 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1710913009

Mala BalakumarMD

PRACTICEFRANK J CALIENDO MD PCSee all providers at this practice →

Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)Garden City, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

539

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

741

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$90K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 159 Colorectal Surgery (Proctology) providers in NY — top quintile (cohort median 345).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

112

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocortisone60 claims

Metronidazole20 claims

Sod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac16 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates16 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$78

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$78

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$78

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Mala Balakumar'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS	49	163
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Melville, NY	31	103
PELAEZ, STEVEN	28	94
Jules Garbus Colorectal Surgery (Proctology) · Garden City, NY	26	128
Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Hicksville, NY	14	33
Raul Mendoza Cardiology · Lawrence, NY	13	38
NPI 1083656110	11	40
Northwell Health Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · New Hyde Park, NY	11	20

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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