PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982681730

Vivek KushwahaM.D.

Orthopedic SurgeryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

580

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

873

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$86K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,568 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TX — below median (cohort median 1,443).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,248

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$10K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Meloxicam304 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen161 claims

Acetaminophen With Codeine151 claims

Tramadol Hcl131 claims

Gabapentin127 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.2

Quality

74.7

Cost

71.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

97.0

Payment adjustment

0.43%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vivek Kushwaha'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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Robert Staewen Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	44	256
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	36	116
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	15	42
Alan Rechter Orthopedic Surgery · Houston, TX	13	23
Nuzha Amjad Geriatric Medicine · Bellaire, TX	12	56
Susan Vogel Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	11	41
Leroy Sterling Cardiology · Houston, TX	11	72

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history