What is Krishnamurthy Shivshanker's specialty?

Krishnamurthy Shivshanker (NPI 1982699682) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Houston, TX.

Where does Krishnamurthy Shivshanker practice?

Krishnamurthy Shivshanker practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982699682.

How much does Medicare pay Krishnamurthy Shivshanker?

Krishnamurthy Shivshanker (NPI 1982699682) received approximately $374K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 362 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982699682

Krishnamurthy ShivshankerM.D.

GastroenterologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

905

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,712

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$114K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,828

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium577 claims

Rabeprazole Sodium399 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl147 claims

Pioglitazone Hcl134 claims

Ursodiol132 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.9

Quality

87.8

Cost

76.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.75%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$4K

Payment records

162

By payment type

Food and Beverage$4K

Education$46

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$4K

Education$46

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Krishnamurthy Shivshanker'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). 44 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	128	424
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Southwest Llp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Houston, TX	94	254
Ian Cyril Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Houston, TX	77	221
City Of Houston Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX	62	107
William Pfeiffer Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	46	123
Ravi Wahi Anesthesiology · Houston, TX	38	105
Timothy Painter Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	37	82
Patrick Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	34	78
Justin Tholany Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	34	62
Jeffrey Goldstein Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	33	75
Thuan Vu Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	32	56
DALTON, STEPHEN	27	59

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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