What is Venkateswara Velaga's specialty?

Venkateswara Velaga (NPI 1740246289) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Hopkinsville, KY.

Where does Venkateswara Velaga practice?

Venkateswara Velaga practices in Hopkinsville, KY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740246289.

How much does Medicare pay Venkateswara Velaga?

Venkateswara Velaga (NPI 1740246289) received approximately $91K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 645 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740246289

Venkateswara VelagaMD

PRACTICEDR RAO VELAGA PSCSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyHopkinsville, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,297

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,383

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$90K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 240 Cardiology providers in KY — below median (cohort median 2,135).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,545

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$181K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Carvedilol401 claims

Digoxin176 claims

Apixaban168 claims

Atenolol138 claims

Losartan Potassium115 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$21

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$21

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$21

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Venkateswara Velaga'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). 58 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER INC	854	3,323
Cyrus Chapman Diagnostic Radiology · Hopkinsville, KY	441	1,118
James Clark Diagnostic Radiology · Hopkinsville, KY	415	1,016
Joseph Fuqua Internal Medicine · Hopkinsville, KY	183	350
Pankajkumar Shah Internal Medicine · Hopkinsville, KY	157	497
Sanjay Chavda Pulmonary Disease · Hopkinsville, KY	106	680
Manickam Krishnamurthy Emergency Medicine · Clarksville, TN	95	211
Steven Michael Internal Medicine · Pinehurst, NC	71	136
Pathgroup Labs, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Nashville, TN	69	167
Ramesh Patel Hematology-Oncology · Hopkinsville, KY	66	212
Terence Casey Pathology · New Orleans, LA	65	135
NPI 1487694006	64	153

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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