What is Veeranna Merla's specialty?

Veeranna Merla (NPI 1871540757) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Carmel, NY.

Where does Veeranna Merla practice?

Veeranna Merla practices in Carmel, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1871540757.

How much does Medicare pay Veeranna Merla?

Veeranna Merla (NPI 1871540757) received approximately $199K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,657 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871540757

Veeranna MerlaMD

CardiologyCarmel, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,703

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,361

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$193K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,949 Cardiology providers in NY — above median (cohort median 2,081).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,118

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$468K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate267 claims

Apixaban200 claims

Amlodipine Besylate166 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium159 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium136 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$431

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$431

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$431

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Veeranna Merla'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). 21 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Maddipoti Choudry Cardiology · Brewster, NY	76	255
Bramdeo Singh Hospitalist · Poughkeepsie, NY	42	100
Jaimin Shah Interventional Radiology · Morristown, NJ	42	77
Raymond Yun Emergency Medicine · Tacoma, WA	31	48
Subbarao Choudry Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Carmel, NY	29	51
Tsohuang Wu Internal Medicine · Carmel, NY	29	73
Jeffrey Beechert Critical Care (Intensivists) · Cortlandt Manor, NY	26	73
Michael Capicotto Nephrology · Brewster, NY	23	83
John Gruendel Cardiology · Carmel, NY	23	36
Philip Amatulle Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Myers, FL	22	37
Pragya Gupta Internal Medicine · Plano, TX	21	62
Thomas Rush Infectious Disease · Briarcliff Manor, NY	19	30

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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