PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1811978661

Shekar KumarMD

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CardiologyGreenwood, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,638

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,976

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$266K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 243 Cardiology providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 3,582).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,429

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$491K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate395 claims

Metoprolol Succinate289 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium229 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate209 claims

Apixaban193 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.7

Quality

89.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.83%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$987

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Shekar Kumar'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). 135 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE	1,510	3,964
SELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE	769	1,352
Braxton Mcclung Diagnostic Radiology · Brooklyn, NY	285	512
Thomas Pritchard Cardiology · Greenwood, SC	271	600
COSMELLO, SAMUEL	236	412
Harvey Hatcher Family Practice · Greenwood, SC	223	515
Priya Kumar Cardiology · Greenwood, SC	197	497
Angela Lopez De Leon Cardiology · Greenwood, SC	165	423
John Hobson Vascular Surgery · Hendersonville, NC	155	285
GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM	154	365
Gregory Givens Emergency Medicine · Greenwood, SC	153	276
BROOKSBANK, RICHARD	137	247

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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