PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1912990417

Natarajan BalaMD, FACP, FACG

PRACTICEGASTROENTEROLOGY CONSULTANTS, PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

786

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,021

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$95K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,103 Gastroenterology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 699).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

708

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$59K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

65.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates139 claims

Omeprazole99 claims

Peg 3350/Sod Sulf,chlr/Pot/Mag78 claims

Sod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac75 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium70 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.0

Quality

66.5

Cost

71.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

98.0

Payment adjustment

0.25%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$14

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Natarajan Bala'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Memorial Hermann Bay Area Endoscopy Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Houston, TX	147	377
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	99	311
BAY AREA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, LLC	53	144
CHCA CLEAR LAKE LP	41	69
Kimberly Schaive Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Sunrise, FL	38	68
Brenda Mccall Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Houston, TX	25	74
Alan Ailles Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Pasadena, TX	17	39
Sandeep Amesur Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	12	22

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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