What is Krishnamoorthy Vivekananthan's specialty?

Krishnamoorthy Vivekananthan (NPI 1972500932) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Houston, TX.

Where does Krishnamoorthy Vivekananthan practice?

Krishnamoorthy Vivekananthan practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972500932.

How much does Medicare pay Krishnamoorthy Vivekananthan?

Krishnamoorthy Vivekananthan (NPI 1972500932) received approximately $267K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 578 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972500932

Krishnamoorthy VivekananthanM.D.

CardiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,146

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,849

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$230K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,379 Cardiology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 2,215).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,020

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$409K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

36.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Nifedipine362 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium236 claims

Apixaban193 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate171 claims

Olmesartan Medoxomil164 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.2

Quality

93.0

Cost

76.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.85%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$99

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$99

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Krishnamoorthy Vivekananthan'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). 154 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Tulsidas Kuruvanka Cardiology · Houston, TX	273	1,287
NORTH CYPRESS MEDICAL CENTER OPERATING COMPANY, LTD.	243	571
NEW MEDICAL HORIZONS II, LTD.	117	297
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	106	282
Jose Spencer Diagnostic Radiology · Katy, TX	90	287
CY-FAIR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT	85	155
Frank Morello Diagnostic Radiology · Cypress, TX	72	175
Sharafali Diwan Infectious Disease · Houston, TX	67	329
TRIUMPH HOSPITAL OF NORTH HOUSTON, LP	66	159
Paul Evans Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	65	193
Luis Vaca Diagnostic Radiology · Ocala, FL	61	121
Paresh Patel Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	59	175

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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