PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982725180

Vijay RaoMD

PRACTICEWATERTOWN PATHOLOGY PCSee all providers at this practice →

Hematology-OncologyWatertown, SDI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

201

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

387

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$27K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 23 Hematology-Oncology providers in SD — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,465).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

479

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.9M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Anastrozole78 claims

Hydroxyurea64 claims

Prednisone60 claims

Enzalutamide51 claims

Abiraterone Acetate44 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.8

Quality

86.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.83%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$8K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$4K

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Education$126

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vijay Rao'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). 72 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER	407	4,123
Jessica Ruhland Diagnostic Radiology · Asheville, NC	164	843
Andrew Wilder Diagnostic Radiology · Bismarck, ND	148	642
Michael Schirado Diagnostic Radiology · Roseville, MN	63	360
DIEDE, STANLEY	57	323
RUNCK, DENNIS	56	239
DUFAN, TAREK	56	1,755
Brian Hebert Internal Medicine · Bismarck, ND	52	274
Julia Schwartz Internal Medicine · Bismarck, ND	44	269
Jared Schmidt Pathology · Bismarck, ND	41	207
Northern Plains Laboratory, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Bismarck, ND	41	264
Brent Herbel Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	36	465

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history