PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851395495

Shankar SankaM.D.

PRACTICEJAMES B ELLIS MDPASee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineSan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,422

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,979

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$281K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,183 Internal Medicine providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 673).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

329

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$16K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

30.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Cefdinir45 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate43 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen32 claims

Metoprolol Succinate27 claims

Gabapentin25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

71.2

Quality

79.4

Cost

75.1

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-0.45%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$111

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$111

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Shankar Sanka'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). 85 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	487	1,232
Artemio Ramirez Internal Medicine · San Antonio, TX	150	1,131
Bishal Sinha Internal Medicine · San Antonio, TX	134	538
Michael Middlebrook Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	89	325
METRO AMBULANCE, LP	83	227
City Of San Antonio Texas Ambulance Service Provider · San Antonio, TX	68	133
Jorge Velez Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	57	149
Keith Crow Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	56	119
BRUSH, RUTH	54	113
Claudio Zeballos Emergency Medicine · San Antonio, TX	50	103
Alfredo Conde Pulmonary Disease · San Antonio, TX	49	452
Joyce Schwartz Pathology · Shavano Park, TX	49	159

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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