What is Rama Garimella's specialty?

Rama Garimella (NPI 1740278415) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Cary, NC.

Where does Rama Garimella practice?

Rama Garimella practices in Cary, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740278415.

How much does Medicare pay Rama Garimella?

Rama Garimella (NPI 1740278415) received approximately $337K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 967 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740278415

Rama GarimellaMD

CardiologyCary, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,895

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,657

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$325K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 602 Cardiology providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 2,065).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

11,846

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Rosuvastatin Calcium1,165 claims

Apixaban1,034 claims

Amlodipine Besylate778 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium579 claims

Metoprolol Succinate567 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

138

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Rama Garimella'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). 141 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
WAKEMED	635	1,607
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	158	752
REX HOSPITAL INC.	151	423
Duncan Rougier-Chapman Diagnostic Radiology · Raleigh, NC	102	207
Michael Kwong Interventional Radiology · Raleigh, NC	96	168
Sendhil Cheran Diagnostic Radiology · Raleigh, NC	90	171
Catherine Lerner Diagnostic Radiology · Raleigh, NC	89	169
DOUGLAS, MARTIN	82	141
Laura Meyer Diagnostic Radiology · Raleigh, NC	77	142
Carroll Overton Interventional Radiology · Raleigh, NC	62	114
Brent Townsend Diagnostic Radiology · Raleigh, NC	57	102
James Cappola Internal Medicine · Dunn, NC	57	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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