What is Vivek Kushwaha's specialty?

Vivek Kushwaha (NPI 1982681730) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Houston, TX.

Where does Vivek Kushwaha practice?

Vivek Kushwaha practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982681730.

How much does Medicare pay Vivek Kushwaha?

Vivek Kushwaha (NPI 1982681730) received approximately $131K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 207 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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 · 2025

Total received

$146K

Payment records

By payment type

Royalty or License$142K

Travel and Lodging$3K

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Royalty or License$142K

Travel and Lodging$3K

Food and Beverage$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

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