Physician
Velkuru, Vani
Velkuru, Vani was paid $291K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2022, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 67% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVELKURU, VANI
FREMONT, CA 94538
FREMONT, CA 94538
33aNPI1811174428assigned 01/25/2008
33bProvider typeRheumatology Physician
28Total paid$291K
24GClaims5,211
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Rheumatology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#44 of 147
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median6.7×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,211 | $76K | |
| 2019 | 881 | $52K | |
| 2020 | 1,032 | $59K | |
| 2021 | 1,277 | $81K | |
| 2022 | 810 | $23K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 67% | 3,532 | 3,498 | $196K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 20% | 1,359 | 1,335 | $57K |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 13% | 320 | 319 | $38K |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.