What is Shankar Sanka's specialty?

Shankar Sanka (NPI 1851395495) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in San Antonio, TX.

Where does Shankar Sanka practice?

Shankar Sanka practices in San Antonio, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1851395495.

How much does Medicare pay Shankar Sanka?

Shankar Sanka (NPI 1851395495) received approximately $281K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 871 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

Top paying entities

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.

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