UMA B.R.K PAKKIVENKATA M.D. NPI 1003003609
Internal Medicine (Nephrology) in Dallas, TX
About UMA PAKKIVENKATA
Uma Pakkivenkata is an internal medicine provider established in Dallas, Texas and his medical specialization is internal medicine (nephrology) with more than 23 years of experience. The NPI number of Uma Pakkivenkata is 1003003609 and was assigned on September 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RN0300X with license number N3969 (TX). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated one year ago.
An internist like Uma B.r.k Pakkivenkata M.d. is a physician who has completed an internal medicine residency and is board-certified or board-eligible in an internist specialty. Internists are trained to care for adults of all ages for many different medical conditions. An internist typically monitors chronic physical conditions, identifies acute diseases, provides family planning, provides counseling about wellness and disease prevention, etc.
Uma Pakkivenkata is enrolled in PECOS and is eligible to order or refer healthcare services for Medicare patients. The provider is eligible to order or refer: Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), a Home Health Agency (HHA) and Power Mobility Devices
Uma Pakkivenkata is registered with Medicare and accepts claims assignment, this means the provider accepts Medicare's approved amount for the cost of rendered services as full payment. Participating providers may not charge Medicare beneficiaries more than Medicare's approved amount for their services. Medicare beneficiaries still have to pay a coinsurance or copayment amount for a visit or service. According to Medicare claims data he has hospital affiliations with Dallas Regional Medical Center, Baylor Scott And White Medical Center Sunnyvale, Baylor Scott And White Medical Center Lake Pointe, Medical City Plano and Methodist Richardson Medical Center.
The provider participated in Medicare's Quality Payment Program under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and has an overall final score of 98, based on four performance areas: quality, improvement activities, promoting interoperability, and cost. The purpose of this information is to help people with Medicare make informed decisions and incentivize doctors and clinicians to maximize performance. The provider also has detailed performance information the following quality measures: advance care plan, documentation of current medications in the medical record, engagement of new medicaid patients and follow-up, e-prescribing, implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results, implementation of medication management practice improvements, preventive care and screening: body mass index (bmi) screening and follow-up plan, preventive care and screening: unhealthy alcohol use: screening & brief counseling, provide 24/7 access to mips eligible clinicians or groups who have real-time access to patient's medical record, provide patients electronic access to their health information, public health registry reporting and security risk analysis.
| NPI | 1003003609 |
| Provider Name | UMA B.R.K PAKKIVENKATA M.D. |
| Provider Location Address | 9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215 DALLAS, TX 75231 |
| Provider Mailing Address | 9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215 DALLAS, TX 75231 |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Entity Type | Individual |
| Medical School Name | OTHER |
| Graduation Year | 1999 |
| Is Sole Proprietor? | No |
| Is Organization Subpart? | N/A |
| Enumeration Date | 09-27-2007 |
| Last Update Date | 07-08-2021 |
Primary Taxonomy
| Taxonomy Code | 207RN0300X |
| Classification | Internal Medicine |
| Type | Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians |
| Specialization | Nephrology |
| License No. | N3969 |
| License State | TX |
| Taxonomy Description | An internist who treats disorders of the kidney, high blood pressure, fluid and mineral balance and dialysis of body wastes when the kidneys do not function. This specialist consults with surgeons about kidney transplantation. |
Business Address
UMA B.R.K PAKKIVENKATA M.D.
9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215
DALLAS, TX
ZIP 75231
Phone: (214) 396-4950
Fax: (877) 423-5360
Mailing Address
UMA B.R.K PAKKIVENKATA M.D.
9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215
DALLAS, TX
ZIP 75231
Phone: (214) 396-4950
Fax: (877) 423-5360
Medicare Participation
What is PECOS?
PECOS is the Medicare Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System. PECOS is Medicare's enrollment and revalidation system and it is the primary source of information about verified Medicare professionals. A NPI number is necessary to register in PECOS. Providers must enroll in PECOS to avoid denied claims.
| Registered in PECOS? | Yes |
| PECOS PAC ID | 2668640285 |
| PECOS Enrollment ID | I20120906000614 |
| Accepts Medicare Assignment? | Yes "What does it mean "accepts medicare assignment"? When a provider accepts Medicare assignment, the provider agrees to be paid directly by Medicare and to accept the payment amount approved by Medicare. Additionally, the provider agrees to not bill patients for more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance amounts. A provider who doesn't accept assignment may charge you up to 15% over the Medicare-approved amount. This is known as the limiting charge. You may have to pay this amount, or it may be covered by another insurer. |
| Eligible order / refer Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging | Yes |
| Eligible order / refer Durable Medical Equipment | Yes |
| Eligible order / refer Home Health Agency (HHA) | Yes |
| Eligible order / refer Power Mobility Devices | Yes |
Overall MIPS Quality Performance
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a way providers could use to participate in Medicare's Quality Payment Program (QPP). The MIPS program affects clinician reimbursement for Part B covered professional services and also rewards them for improving the quality of patient care and outcomes.
| MIPS Measure | Score Weight | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | 40% | 100 | |
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The Quality category assesses providers performance on clinical practices and patient outcomes under the traditional MIPS program. The quality measures help identify the quality of healthcare processes, outcomes, and patient experiences. The Quality measure category compromises 40% providers final MPIS scores. There are six collection types for MIPS quality measures: Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs), MIPS Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs), Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) Measures, Medicare Part B claims measures, CMS Web Interface measures and The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) for MIPS Survey. |
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| Promoting Interoperability (PI) | 25% | 72 | |
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The Interoperability category measures the providers ability to use technology to exchange and make use of healthcare information in a way that is less burdensome and improves outcomes. The Interoperability measure category compromises 25% providers final MPIS scores. The MIPS Interoperability measure focuses on the use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to improve patient access health information, the exchange of information between clinicians and pharmacies and the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of healthcare data. |
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| Improvement Activities | 15% | 40 | |
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The Improvement Activities performance category evaluates the providers participation in clinical activities that support the improvement of clinical practice, care delivery, and outcomes. Providers have the option to choose 2 to 4 activities from an inventory of over 100 improvement activities. Providers typically choose the activities that best fit their needs. The Improvement measures aim to better patient engagement, patient safety and other areas of patient care. The Improvement Activities category compromises 15% of providers final MPIS scores. |
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| Cost | 20% | N/A | |
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The Cost performance category asses the amount and types of services provided and how clinicians coordinate care and seek improvement of health outcomes by ensuring patients receive the appropriate services. Although providers don't determine the price of healthcare services they are important in delivering high-quality care at a reasonable cost. The Cost measures category compromises 20% of providers final MPIS scores. |
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| MIPS Final Score | - | 98 | |
| The MIPS program evaluates providers across multiple categories with a specific weight for each category resulting a in a MIPS final score that ranges from 0 to 100 points. The MIPS Final Score determines whether providers receive a negative, neutral or positive MIPS payment adjustment. | |||
MIPS Quality Measures
The following performance measures were reported under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) quality measures program.
| Quality Measure | Performance | Number of Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Advance Care Plan | 100% | 346 |
| Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have an advance care plan or surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan | ||
| Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record | 100% | 1301 |
| Percentage of visits for patients aged 18 years and older for which the eligible professional or eligible clinician attests to documenting a list of current medications using all immediate resources available on the date of the encounter. This list must include ALL known prescriptions, over-the-counters, herbals, and vitamin/mineral/dietary (nutritional) supplements AND must contain the medications' name, dosage, frequency and route of administration | ||
| Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up | Yes | N/A |
| Seeing new and follow-up Medicaid patients in a timely manner, including individuals dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. A timely manner is defined as within 10 business days for this activity. | ||
| e-Prescribing | 88% | 305 |
| At least one permissible prescription written by the MIPS eligible clinician is queried for a drug formulary and transmitted electronically using CEHRT. | ||
| Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results | Yes | N/A |
| Timely communication of test results defined as timely identification of abnormal test results with timely follow-up. | ||
| Implementation of medication management practice improvements | Yes | N/A |
| Manage medications to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and safety that could include one or more of the following: Reconcile and coordinate medications and provide medication management across transitions of care settings and eligible clinicians or groups; Integrate a pharmacist into the care team; and/orConduct periodic, structured medication reviews. | ||
| Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan | 100% | 603 |
| Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a BMI documented during the current encounter or during the previous twelve months AND with a BMI outside of normal parameters, a follow-up plan is documented during the encounter or during the previous twelve months of the current encounterNormal Parameters: Age 18 years and older BMI => 18.5 and < 25 kg/m2 | ||
| Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling | 98% | 381 |
| Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who were screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method at least once within the last 24 months AND who received brief counseling if identified as an unhealthy alcohol user | ||
| Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record | Yes | N/A |
| - Provide 24/7 access to MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, or care teams for advice about urgent and emergent care (e.g., MIPS eligible clinician and care team access to medical record, cross-coverage with access to medical record, or protocol-driven nurse line with access to medical record) that could include one or more of the following:- Expanded hours in evenings and weekends with access to the patient medical record (e.g., coordinate with small practices to provide alternate hour office visits and urgent care);- Use of alternatives to increase access to care team by MIPS eligible clinicians and groups, such as e-visits, phone visits, group visits, home visits and alternate locations (e.g., senior centers and assisted living centers); and/orProvision of same-day or next-day access to a consistent MIPS eligible clinician, group or care team when needed for urgent care or transition management. | ||
| Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information | 77% | 270 |
| For at least one unique patient seen by the MIPS eligible clinician: (1) The patient (or the patient-authorized representative) is provided timely access to view online, download, and transmit his or her health information; and (2) The MIPS eligible clinician ensures the patient's health information is available for the patient (or patient-authorized representative) to access using any application of their choice that is configured to meet the technical specifications of the Application Programing Interface (API) in the MIPS eligible clinician's certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). | ||
| Public Health Registry Reporting | Yes | N/A |
| The MIPS eligible clinician is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit data to public health registries. | ||
| Security Risk Analysis | Yes | N/A |
| Conduct or review a security risk analysis in accordance with the requirements in 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1), including addressing the security (to include encryption) of ePHI data created or maintained by certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) in accordance with requirements in 45 CFR 164.312(a)(2)(iv) and 164.306(d)(3), implement security updates as necessary, and correct identified security deficiencies as part of the MIPS eligible clinician's risk management process. | ||
Clinician Utilization
The following Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes were publicly reported as the top services rendered by this provider under the Medicare program for the year 2017. The reported codes are based on the top 5 codes for each available Medicare specialty, excluding evaluation and management codes.
- 221Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older (HCPCS:90960)
- 142Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older (HCPCS:90961)
- 142Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation (HCPCS:90935)
- 44Dialysis services (1 physician visit per month), patient 20 years of age and older (HCPCS:90962)
Hospital Affiliations
Medicare hospital affiliation is identified through self-reporting data, inpatient, outpatient, physician and ancillary service claims linked by the Medicare claims NPI number and place of service code. Additionally, to further determine provider hospital affiliation the clinician must have provided services to at least three patients on three different dates in the last 12 months. Uma Pakkivenkata is affiliated with the following medical facilities:
| Hospital Name | Address | Phone | Hospital Type | CMS Certification Number (CCN) | Overall Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALLAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1011 NORTH GALLOWAY AVENUE MESQUITE, TX 75149 | (214) 320-7000 | Acute Care Hospitals | 450688 | |
| BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MEDICAL CENTER SUNNYVALE | 231 SOUTH COLLINS ROAD SUNNYVALE, TX 75182 | (972) 892-3000 | Acute Care Hospitals | 670060 | |
| BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MEDICAL CENTER LAKE POINTE | 6800 SCENIC DR ROWLETT, TX 75088 | (972) 412-2273 | Acute Care Hospitals | 450742 | |
| MEDICAL CITY PLANO | 3901 W 15TH ST PLANO, TX 75075 | (972) 596-6800 | Acute Care Hospitals | 450651 | |
| METHODIST RICHARDSON MEDICAL CENTER | 2831 E PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY RICHARDSON, TX 75082 | (469) 204-1000 | Acute Care Hospitals | 450537 |
Secondary Taxonomies
The secondary taxonomy codes define the provider type, classification, and specialization. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to each taxonomy code.
| No. | Taxonomy Code | Type | Classification | Specialization | License No. | State | Primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 207R00000X | Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians | Internal Medicine | 0101249410 | VA | No | |
Taxonomy Description: a physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs. | |||||||
| 2 | 207R00000X | Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians | Internal Medicine | N3969 | TX | No | |
Taxonomy Description: a physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs. | |||||||
Additional Identifiers
Additional identifier(s) currently or formerly used as an identifier for the provider. The codes may include UPIN, NSC, OSCAR, DEA, Medicaid State or PIN identification numbers.
| Identifier | Type / Code | Identifier State |
|---|---|---|
| 3127078 | MEDICAID (05) | TX |
Other Providers at the same location
The following 6 providers are registered at the same or nearby location.
| NPI | Name / Type | Taxonomy | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1598743098 | DR. SUMIT KUMAR M.D. Individual | Internal Medicine (Nephrology) | 9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215 DALLAS, TX 75231 (214) 396-4950 |
| 1538327150 | SHAUN P KAISER MD Individual | Internal Medicine (Nephrology) | 9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215 DALLAS, TX 75231 (214) 396-4950 |
| 1578909164 | SEPEHR DAHESHPOUR M.D. Individual | Internal Medicine (Nephrology) | 9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215 DALLAS, TX 75231 (214) 396-4950 |
| 1730746199 | DOLLY SUSAN VARGHESE Individual | Nurse Practitioner | 9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215 DALLAS, TX 75231 (214) 396-4950 |
| 1225297922 | DR. VIVEK SHARMA M.D. Individual | Internal Medicine (Nephrology) | 9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215 DALLAS, TX 75231 (214) 396-4950 |
| 1659650091 | DR. CHUKWUMA SOYINKA OSIFESO MD Individual | Internal Medicine (Nephrology) | 9900 N CENTRAL EXPY STE 215 DALLAS, TX 75231 (214) 396-4950 |
NPI Footnotes
What is the National Provider Indentifier (NPI)?
The NPI is 10-position all-numeric identification number assigned by the NPPES to uniquely identify a health care provider.
Provider Location Address
The location address of the provider being identified. For providers with more than one physical location, this is the primary location. This address cannot include a Post Office box.
Provider Mailing Address
The mailing address of the provider being identified. This address may contain the same information as the provider location address.
Entity Type Code
The code describing the type of health care provider that is being assigned an NPI.
The entity type codes are:
1 = Person: individual human being who furnishes health care;
2 = Non-person: entity other than an individual human being that furnishes health care (Examples: hospital, SNF, hospital subunit, pharmacy, or HMO)
What is a Subpart?
Subparts are the components and separate physical locations of organization health care providers. Subpart examples include:
Hospital components include outpatient departments, surgical centers, psychiatric units, and laboratories. These components are often separately licensed or certified by States and may exist at physical locations other than that of the hospital of which they are a component.
Provider Other Organization Name
The other organization name is the alternative last name by which the provider is or has been known (if an individual) or other name by which the organization provider is or has been known. The code identifying the type of other name. The provider other organization name codes are:
1 = former name;
2 = professional name;
3 = doing business as (d/b/ a) name;
4 = former legal business name; :
5 = other.
Provider Enumeration Date
The date the provider was assigned a unique identifier (assigned an NPI).
Last Update Date
The date that a NPI record was last updated or changed.
Primary Taxonomy Code
The primary taxonomy code defines the provider type, classification, and specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.
Authorized Official Name
The name of the person authorized to submit the NPI application or to officially change data for a health care provider.