What is Tina Kochar's specialty?

Tina Kochar (NPI 1902000573) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Galveston, TX.

Where does Tina Kochar practice?

Tina Kochar practices in Galveston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1902000573.

How much does Medicare pay Tina Kochar?

Tina Kochar (NPI 1902000573) received approximately $80K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 184 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1902000573

Tina KocharMD

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NephrologyGalveston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

230

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

535

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$78K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

544

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$125K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Furosemide101 claims

Carvedilol59 claims

Amlodipine Besylate44 claims

Parenteral Amino Acid 20% No.141 claims

Losartan Potassium40 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$94K

Payment records

174

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$54K

Consulting Fee$24K

Travel and Lodging$13K

Food and Beverage$3K

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$54K

Consulting Fee$24K

Travel and Lodging$13K

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Tina Kochar'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). 39 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1346324605	76	353
Shancy Jacob Nephrology · Sugar Land, TX	71	161
Wissam Khalife Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Galveston, TX	53	238
MODI, SHREYAS	49	140
Tareq Abu Sharifeh Cardiology · Galveston, TX	47	132
Umamahesh Rangasetty Interventional Cardiology · Galveston, TX	46	134
Kimberly Kirschner Diagnostic Radiology · Galveston, TX	45	83
Tony Tran Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	43	89
Syed Gilani Interventional Cardiology · Galveston, TX	41	98
Rafic Berbarie Cardiology · Dallas, TX	39	98
PONDEROSA DIALYSIS LLC	36	115
Quan Nguyen Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	31	100

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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