Dr. Krishna Kishore Gaddam, MD

Dr. Gaddam practices at Heart South Cardiovascular Group in Alabaster, Alabama.

Dr. Gaddam's NPI, 1770608630, was assigned on March 20, 2007. Dr. Gaddam holds Alabama license 26807.

Dr. Gaddam's primary practice is Heart South Cardiovascular Group, at 1022 1st N St, Alabaster, AL 35007 in Shelby County. The practice phone is (205) 663-5775.

Dr. Gaddam's primary practice is Heart South Cardiovascular Group in Alabaster, Alabama. Dr. Gaddam is also affiliated with Baptist Health Shelby Hospital. The medical group on file is Heart South Cardiovascular Group, P.C. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gaddam to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gaddam practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Gaddam's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Gaddam is licensed in Alabama.

CMS data shows 4,791 Medicare services from Dr. Gaddam across 42 procedure codes in 2024, for 594 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $189,415 for them.

CMS counts 594 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gaddam in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 257 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.70, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gaddam's median patient age at 74, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gaddam wrote 6,167 Medicare Part D claims for 939 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,885 of them, across 55 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,276,638 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 5,657 claims across 52 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Gaddam for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Gaddam accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 36 procedures of pacemaker insertion or repair by Dr. Gaddam, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 12 papers to Dr. Gaddam, published from 2010 to 2021. 2011 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Hypertension, Heart Failure and Blood Pressure. Dr. Gaddam has published most often in Congest Heart Fail. Dr. Gaddam's most frequent co-authors are David A. Calhoun, MD, Louis J. Dell'Italia, MD and Steven Glen Lloyd.

CMS Open Payments shows 209 general payments to Dr. Gaddam from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 55% of the total. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. paid the most, $4,789.