What is Praveen Kandula's specialty?

Praveen Kandula (NPI 1912982919) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Springfield, IL.

Where does Praveen Kandula practice?

Praveen Kandula practices in Springfield, IL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1912982919.

How much does Medicare pay Praveen Kandula?

Praveen Kandula (NPI 1912982919) received approximately $95K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 286 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1912982919

Praveen KandulaM.D.

PRACTICEBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologySpringfield, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

393

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

934

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$94K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 404 Nephrology providers in IL — below median (cohort median 1,672).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,961

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$197K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone341 claims

Famotidine292 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim264 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium122 claims

Carvedilol101 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$40

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$40

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$40

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Praveen Kandula'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). 40 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Inc Medicare Diabetes Preventive Program · Livingston, NJ	230	6,796
Fu Luan Nephrology · Hackensack, NJ	132	3,500
Matthew Whang Urology · West Orange, NJ	115	1,796
Kim Tibaldi Nephrology · Livingston, NJ	79	1,555
Ryan Goldberg Nephrology · Livingston, NJ	78	2,394
Harry Sun General Surgery · Livingston, NJ	72	906
Navdeep Dhillon Nephrology · Livingston, NJ	66	1,247
Francis Weng Nephrology · Livingston, NJ	48	837
NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER INC	46	2,037
Parini Patel Endocrinology · Holmdel, NJ	45	988
Joshua Goldstein Anesthesiology · Florham Park, NJ	43	482
Matthew Tortora Pathology · Livingston, NJ	43	340

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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