What is Rama Shankar's specialty?

Rama Shankar (NPI 1871590539) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Hospitalist in Jacksonville, FL.

Where does Rama Shankar practice?

Rama Shankar practices in Jacksonville, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1871590539.

How much does Medicare pay Rama Shankar?

Rama Shankar (NPI 1871590539) received approximately $77K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 405 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871590539

Rama ShankarM.D.

HospitalistJacksonville, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

631

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,047

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$76K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,283 Hospitalist providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 583).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

215

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium30 claims

Cefuroxime Axetil30 claims

Vancomycin Hcl29 claims

Prednisone24 claims

Metoprolol Succinate18 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.4

Quality

84.2

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.86%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$289

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$289

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$289

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Rama Shankar'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). 53 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MONTGOMERY GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC.	514	1,329
Kaustubh Yadwadkar Diagnostic Radiology · Washington, DC	197	729
Estelle Jean Cardiology · Olney, MD	139	372
Stuart Gould Cardiology · Marlton, NJ	112	281
Reed Shnider Cardiology · Olney, MD	104	228
Michael Huppmann Diagnostic Radiology · Albany, NY	75	186
Jason Adler Emergency Medicine · Germantown, MD	73	166
Rita King Internal Medicine · Baltimore, MD	72	178
John Mcneil Internal Medicine · Silver Spring, MD	71	175
KOKOTAKIS, EMANUEL	69	233
Nicole Lewis Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Hills, CA	68	219
Albert Porambo Diagnostic Radiology · Rockville, MD	64	189

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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