What is Puja Chitkara's specialty?

Puja Chitkara (NPI 1871718189) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in Chula Vista, CA.

Where does Puja Chitkara practice?

Puja Chitkara practices in Chula Vista, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1871718189.

How much does Medicare pay Puja Chitkara?

Puja Chitkara (NPI 1871718189) received approximately $196K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 428 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871718189

Puja ChitkaraM.D

PRACTICEPUJA CHITKARA M.D. A MEDICAL CORPORATIONSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyChula Vista, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,141

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

9,819

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$137K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 530 Rheumatology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 1,833).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,784

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.9M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate332 claims

Prednisone270 claims

Methotrexate Sodium219 claims

Folic Acid71 claims

Alendronate Sodium55 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

96.4

Quality

98.4

Cost

78.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.90%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$22K

Payment records

207

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$10K

Food and Beverage$6K

Consulting Fee$5K

Travel and Lodging$770

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$10K

Food and Beverage$6K

Consulting Fee$5K

Travel and Lodging$770

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Puja Chitkara'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	148	907
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	71	349
Exagen Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Vista, CA	60	178
Amanda Weston Physician Assistant · Houston, TX	54	210
CRESCENDO BIOSCIENCE, INC	30	82
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	12	40

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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