NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician NPI 1669422184 M.D.
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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 1,668 in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
145
Medicare Part D claims · 51 beneficiaries · Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician avg: 2K
Generic prescribing
71%
generic claims · 29% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$128.7K
141 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. filed 145 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, prescribing 71% generic.
- 145
- Part D claims, 2024
- 71%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥34th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1669422184), first enumerated 05/12/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 145 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$128.7K in reported industry payments (141 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Pennsylvania statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: PA-BOM annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1669422184 · Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-NARROW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1669422184
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-NARROW 1,668
- RX-LIGHT 145
- BOOK-THIN 119 in Pennsylvania
- PHOTO-ENUM Ejaz Khan · 2006
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
145 ≥ 34th percentile 34% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
145 91% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Pennsylvania
How Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician compares to other specialties among Pennsylvania providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1669422184 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 05/12/2006 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Geisinger Clinic
Wilkes Barre, PA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$128.7K
Largest payer
Medtronic, Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Pennsylvania PA-BOM 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~45K Pennsylvania medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.. To verify Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s current license status, search the PA-BOM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
133
Total board actions, Pennsylvania 2023
Across 129 cases
2.96
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Pennsylvania statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
48 cases
PA-BOM publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Pennsylvania disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Above average
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. - brand share 29.0%
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician average
29% brand-name claims vs 71% generic, on 145 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
145
Total Claims
$33K
Total Drug Cost
51
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 298.733
- Total Day Supply
- 8,937
- Brand vs Generic
- 29% brand / 71% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $30K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $3K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.5 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.50
- Gender Split
- 43% female / 57% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Eliquis
Eliquis
38 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl
Amiodarone Hcl
18 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate
Metoprolol Succinate
17 claims
- Flecainide Acetate
Flecainide Acetate
16 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate 15
Metoprolol Tartrate
15 claims
- Warfarin Sodium 11
Warfarin Sodium
11 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Eliquis Apixaban | 38 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 18 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 17 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 16 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 15 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 11 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician Overview
How Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. fits within the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician landscape nationally.
1,668
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician Providers in US
52
States with Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
1,662
Avg Claims per Provider
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s 145 claims are below the specialty average of 1,662.
Nationwide Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Vijayaraman, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician Providers in Pennsylvania
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Pennsylvania, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Vijayaraman.
One of 119 Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician providers enrolled in Pennsylvania, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Jeffrey Arkles
MD
Lancaster, PA
Dr. Konstantinos Aronis
MD, PHD
Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Sandeep Bansal
MD, MPH
Lancaster, PA
William Barrington
Pittsburgh, PA
Raveen Bazaz
Greensburg, PA
Compare Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. specializes in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician and practices in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. wrote 145 Medicare Part D claims totaling $33K in drug costs for 51 beneficiaries.
Where is Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. located? ▼
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. is located at 1000 E MOUNTAIN BLVD, Wilkes Barre, PA, 18711. Phone: (570) 820-6020.
What is Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669422184, issued on 05/12/2006.
Does Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s prescribing is 29% brand-name and 71% generic drugs by claim count, with $30K in brand drug costs.
How many Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 1,668 Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician providers across 52 states in the US. The average Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician provider writes 1,662 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Eliquis, Amiodarone Hcl, Metoprolol Succinate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 145 Part D claims and 51 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, M.D.'s NPI is 1669422184 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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