What is Aparna Kulkarni's specialty?

Aparna Kulkarni (NPI 1912996679) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Houston, TX.

Where does Aparna Kulkarni practice?

Aparna Kulkarni practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1912996679.

How much does Medicare pay Aparna Kulkarni?

Aparna Kulkarni (NPI 1912996679) received approximately $33K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 137 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1912996679

Aparna KulkarniMD

PRACTICEMEDICAL CLINIC OF HOUSTON, LLPSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

138

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

144

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$15K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$985

Distinct drugs

Brand share

44.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole33 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl19 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl17 claims

Famotidine12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$54

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$54

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$54

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Aparna Kulkarni'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Seattle, WA	72	213
Pacmed Clinics Ambulatory Surgical Center · Seattle, WA	45	55
SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES	17	43

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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