What is Venkata Buddharaju's specialty?

Venkata Buddharaju (NPI 1790737781) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Chicago, IL.

Where does Venkata Buddharaju practice?

Venkata Buddharaju practices in Chicago, IL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1790737781.

How much does Medicare pay Venkata Buddharaju?

Venkata Buddharaju (NPI 1790737781) received approximately $169K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 312 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1790737781

Venkata BuddharajuM.D., F.C.C.P.

Pulmonary DiseaseChicago, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

645

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,041

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$162K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 434 Pulmonary Disease providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 957).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$12K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

71.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Albuterol Sulfate38 claims

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter15 claims

Azithromycin14 claims

Albuterol Sulfate11 claims

Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

16.9

Quality

0.0

Cost

56.2

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-9.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Venkata Buddharaju'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). 73 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
City Of Chicago Ambulance Service Provider · Chicago, IL	129	323
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Elmhurst, IL	111	572
Akash Shah Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	111	483
John Connolly Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	76	281
REZAI, MOHAMMAD	72	475
ANGRES, GABRIEL	70	231
Muhammad Saudye Cardiology · Chicago, IL	68	442
Lekshmi Nair Diagnostic Radiology · Glen Ellyn, IL	66	246
Heather Hall Vascular Surgery · Rockford, IL	64	183
Ali Kutom Cardiology · Oak Lawn, IL	60	146
Ada Arias Critical Care (Intensivists) · Chicago, IL	60	1,223
Khalid Malik Emergency Medicine · Chicago, IL	60	209

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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