PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780609503

Akther KothaMD

PRACTICEPURUSHOTHAM AND AKTHER J KOTHA M D INCSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyLa Mesa, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

664

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

10,397

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$114K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 530 Rheumatology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 1,833).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,736

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate432 claims

Methotrexate Sodium394 claims

Prednisone314 claims

Sulfasalazine247 claims

Gabapentin242 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

29.6

Quality

0.0

Cost

98.7

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-5.45%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$6K

Payment records

290

By payment type

Food and Beverage$6K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Akther Kotha'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). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	118	276
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	27	40
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	25	59
Venu Prabaker Internal Medicine · La Mesa, CA	22	187
Purushotham Kotha Internal Medicine · La Mesa, CA	19	83
PRIME HEALTHCARE PARADISE VALLEY LLC	17	32
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	17	44
Roshan Kotha Rheumatology · La Mesa, CA	14	18
ALVARADO HOSPITAL, LLC	13	24
Nassir Azimi Cardiology · La Mesa, CA	12	34
American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · San Diego, CA	12	24

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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