What is Vasu Venkatachalam's specialty?

Vasu Venkatachalam (NPI 1831371855) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Psychiatry in Richmond, VA.

Where does Vasu Venkatachalam practice?

Vasu Venkatachalam practices in Richmond, VA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1831371855.

How much does Medicare pay Vasu Venkatachalam?

Vasu Venkatachalam (NPI 1831371855) received approximately $44K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 80 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831371855

Vasu VenkatachalamM.D.

PsychiatryRichmond, VAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

149

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

647

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$43K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 469 Psychiatry providers in VA — top quintile (cohort median 207).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

885

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$29K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

19.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Trazodone Hcl74 claims

Bupropion Hcl66 claims

Alprazolam61 claims

Lorazepam58 claims

Quetiapine Fumarate55 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.0

Quality

69.9

Cost

77.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.38%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 490032

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vasu Venkatachalam'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM AUTHORITY	87	1,650
Susan Waller Psychiatry · Richmond, VA	20	121
BLEDOWSKI, JOZEF	19	199
Ananda Pandurangi Psychiatry · Richmond, VA	19	338
Terry Brooks Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Powhatan, VA	17	224
RILEY, CHRISTA	17	178
STALLINGS, LYNWOOD	16	205
Kristin Friedline Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Richmond, VA	15	119
Natalia Buffa Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Richmond, VA	15	130
NAKATSUKA, MITSURU	14	117
Richmond Ambulance Authority Ambulance Service Provider · Richmond, VA	14	42
Salim Dahlvani Psychiatry & Neurology · Richmond, VA	13	164

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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