DR. RANGASWAMY LOKCHANDER M.D.
NPI 1154460269
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology in Toms River, NJ

Quality Rating: 75 out of 100 score

NPI Status: Active since February 05, 2007

Contact Information

301 LAKEHURST RD
TOMS RIVER, NJ
ZIP 08755
Phone: (732) 281-1590
Fax: (732) 281-1593

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Table of Contents

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Insurance Plans Accepted
Medicare Participation & PECOS Status
Areas of Expertise
Physician Visit Costs
Overall Quality Performance
Quality Reporting
Hospital Affiliations - Privileges
NPI Validation
Other Providers Same Location
Frequently Asked Questions

Individual
Male
Years of Experience 49
Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Accepts Medicare Approved Payment
PECOS Enrolled
Medicare Quality Reporting

About RANGASWAMY LOKCHANDER

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Rangaswamy Lokchander, an internist established in Toms River, New Jersey with a medical specialization in Internal Medicine, focusing in gastroenterology and more than 49 years of experience. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1154460269 assigned on February 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RG0100X with license number MA05317100 (NJ). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 3 years ago.

NPI: 1154460269
Provider Name: DR. RANGASWAMY LOKCHANDER M.D.
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 301 LAKEHURST RD TOMS RIVER, NJ 08755
Location Phone: (732) 281-1590
Location Fax: (732) 281-1593
Mailing Address: 301 LAKEHURST RD TOMS RIVER, NJ 08755
Mailing Phone: (732) 281-1590
Mailing Fax: (732) 281-1593
Medical School Name: OTHER
Graduation Year: 1977
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 02-05-2007
Last Update Date: 08-21-2023
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An internist like Rangaswamy Lokchander 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.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification: Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
License No.: MA05317100
License State: NJ
Taxonomy Description: An internist who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive organs including the stomach, bowels, liver and gallbladder. This specialist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer and jaundice and performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using endoscopes to visualize internal organs.

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

Medicare

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

Medicaid

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.

Additional Identifiers

The NPI Enumerator encourages providers to submit additional identifiers with their NPI application although the submission of this information is optional. The additional identifier(s) section includes other numbers or codes currently or formerly used as an identifier for the provider by other public healthcare entities. The identifiers may include UPIN, NSC, OSCAR, DEA, Medicaid State or PIN identification numbers.

Identifier	Type / Code	Identifier State	Identifier Issuer
0508705	MEDICAID (05)	NJ

Medicare Participation & PECOS Enrollment Status

Rangaswamy Lokchander is registered with Medicare and accepts claims assignment, this means the provider accepts the approved amount for the cost of rendered services as full payment. Participating providers may not charge beneficiaries more than the approved amount for their services. Please keep in mind that beneficiaries still have to pay a coinsurance or copayment amount for a visit or service.

Rangaswamy Lokchander is enrolled in PECOS and is eligible to order or refer health care 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.

What is PECOS?
PECOS is the online Medicare enrollment management system or Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System. The PECOS system is a database of providers who have registered with CMS as providers or suppliers. PECOS is the primary source of information about verified Medicare professionals. Providers that want to participate in this program need to enroll in PECOS with their NPI number to avoid denied claims.

Is the provider registered in PECOS? Yes
PECOS PAC ID: 9931004892
What is the PECOS Associate Control ID?
A PAC ID is a unique 10-digit number assigned to an individual or organization healthcare provider in PECOS. The PAC ID is used to link together all the provider information, like tax identification numbers and organizational names. A PAC ID can be connected to multiple Enrollment IDs if an individual or organization has enrolled in PECOS more than once.
PECOS Enrollment ID: I20031211000051
What is the Provider Enrollment ID?
The Enrollment ID is a unique alphanumeric 15-digit code assigned to each new provider's PECOS enrollment application. The Enrollment ID is used to link together all the provider enrollment information like enrollment type, state, provider specialty, and reassignment of benefits.
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 to Order or Refer Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging: Yes
Eligible to Order or Refer Durable Medical Equipment (DMEPOS): Yes
Eligible to Order or Refer a Home Health Agency (HHA): Yes
Eligible to Order or Refer Power Mobility Devices: Yes

Areas of Expertise

The following services and procedures, recently provided to Medicare patients, illustrate the range of care this provider offers. This list reflects the variety of services available to all patients visiting the practice and is based on 2022 Medicare dataset. In general, the more frequently a provider treats specific conditions or performs particular procedures, the more experienced they become in addressing similar patient needs. The provider has delivered many of the services listed below to Medicare patients. Please note that this list does not include services provided to patients who are not covered by Medicare.

Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope
Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope
Colonoscopy
Diagnostic exam of large bowel using a flexible endoscope
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes
Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes
Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes
Measurement of hydrogen in breath to test for stomach and bowel symptoms
Measurement of liver stiffness
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux

Physician Visit Costs

The typical physician office visit costs for Medicare beneficiaries in this area are: $35.08 for a new patient copayment and $26.98 for an established patient copayment.

The pricing information below displays the copayment minimum, maximum and average amount that patients under Medicare are charged when visiting this provider as a new or established patient. Please keep in mind that these prices are just for reference purposes, and the actual prices charged by the provider might be different.

For patients covered under private health plans the prices below are also useful as healthcare pricing for private insurance is usually established as a function of Medicare prices. Private insurance covered patients should check their individual plans to determine the exact pricing.

The prices below reflect the costs for new and established patients in the 08755 ZIP code area.

New Patients Visit Costs *

The most utilized procedure code for new patients office visits is 99204

Average New Patient Price $140.34
Minimum New Patient Price $61.59
Maximum New Patient Price $185.05

Average New Patient Copayment $35.08
Minimum New Patient Copayment $15.39
Maximum New Patient Copayment $46.26

Established Patients Visit Costs *

The most utilized procedure code for established patients office visits is 99214

Average Established Patient Price $107.94
Minimum Established Patient Price $20.08
Maximum Established Patient Price $150.98

Average Established Patient Copayment $26.98
Minimum Established Patient Copayment $5.02
Maximum Established Patient Copayment $37.74

* The physician office visit costs information is generated by statistical analysis of similar providers in the same geographical area. The pricing information above IS NOT the amount charged by this provider.

Overall MIPS Quality Performance

The provider participated in CMS Quality Payment Program under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and has an overall final score of 75, 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 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a way providers could use to participate in CMS 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.

Final Score: 75 out of 100

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.
Quality Score: N/A

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.
Promoting Interoperability Score: N/A

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.
Improvement Activities Score: N/A

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 activities measure category compromises 15% providers final MPIS scores.

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.
Cost Score: N/A

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.
Cost Score: N/A

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.

Quality Reporting

The provider participated in CMS Quality Payment Program. The Quality Payment Program aims to improve population health, reduce costs and improve the care received by Medicare beneficiaries. The following quality measures meet Medicare's statistical reporting standards. Not all providers report the same information, because not all providers give the same services to patients. The quality information is just a snapshot of some the care providers give to their patients. Reporting more or less information is not a reflection of quality.

Quality Measure	Performance	Number of Patients
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	100%	2848
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
e-Prescribing	70%	664
At least one permissible prescription written by the MIPS eligible clinician is queried for a drug formulary and transmitted electronically using certified EHR technology.
Falls: Risk Assessment	40%	132
Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older with a history of falls that had a risk assessment for falls completed within 12 months
Health Information Exchange	77%	22
The MIPS eligible clinician that transitions or refers their patient to another setting of care or health care clinician (1) uses CEHRT to create a summary of care record; and (2) electronically transmits such summary to a receiving health care clinician for at least one transition of care or referral.
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 Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes	N/A
Performance of regular practices that include providing specialist reports back to the referring individual MIPS eligible clinician or group to close the referral loop or where the referring individual MIPS eligible clinician or group initiates regular inquiries to specialist for specialist reports which could be documented or noted in the EHR technology.
Patient-Specific Education	31%	586
The MIPS eligible clinician must use clinically relevant information from CEHRT to identify patient-specific educational resources and provide access to those materials to at least one unique patient seen by the MIPS eligible clinician.
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults	89%	791
Percentage of patients 65 years of age and older who have ever received a pneumococcal vaccine
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	100%	763
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 encounter Normal Parameters: Age 18 years and older BMI >= 18.5 and < 25 kg/m2
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	100%	828
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who were screened for tobacco use one or more times within 24 months AND who received tobacco cessation intervention if identified as a tobacco user
Provide Patient Access	65%	586
At least one patient seen by the MIPS eligible clinician during the performance period is provided timely access to view online, download, and transmit to a third party their health information subject to the MIPS eligible clinician's discretion to withhold certain information.
Secure Messaging	55%	586
For at least one unique patient seen by the MIPS eligible clinician during the performance period, a secure message was sent using the electronic messaging function of CEHRT to the patient (or the patient-authorized representative), or in response to a secure message sent by the patient (or the patient-authorized representative) during the performance period.
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 EHR technology in accordance with requirements in 45 CFR164.312(a)(2)(iv) and 45 CFR 164.306(d)(3), and implement security updates as necessary and correct identified security deficiencies as part of the MIPS eligible clinician's risk management process.

Find Provider Hospital Affiliations - Privileges

Doctors and physicians must apply for hospital privileges to treat patients at hospitals. Find out if your doctor has privileges to practice at your preferred hospital by using the hospital affiliation information below based on recent medical claims.

Hospital affiliation is identified through self-reporting data, inpatient, outpatient, physician and ancillary service claims linked by the medical 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. Rangaswamy Lokchander is affiliated with the following medical facilities:

Hospital Name	Address	Phone	Hospital Type	Overall Rating
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	99 RT 37 WEST TOMS RIVER, NJ 08755	(732) 557-8000	Acute Care Hospitals
MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER-SOUTHERN CAMPUS	600 RIVER AVE LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701	(732) 363-1900	Acute Care Hospitals

NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1154460269, we treat the final digit (9) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 51. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 51 = 9).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 8

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 0

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Check

Target digit

Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 5 → 10 → 1 4 → 8 0 → 0 6 → 12 → 3

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 8 + 6 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 51

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 51 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 51 = 9

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 9, which matches the last digit of 1154460269.