Dr. Vasanth Vedantham, MD, PhD

Dr. Vedantham practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health.

Dr. Vedantham's NPI, 1922274570, was assigned on May 5, 2008. Dr. Vedantham graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2002. Dr. Vedantham's California license number on file is A87207.

Dr. Vedantham's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, at 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143 in San Francisco County. The practice phone is (415) 353-2733.

Dr. Vedantham's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health. Dr. Vedantham is also affiliated with California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness Campus. The medical group on file is UCSF Pediatrics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vedantham to 3 more hospitals and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Vedantham practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Clinical cardiac electrophysiology is Dr. Vedantham's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0001X. Dr. Vedantham is board certified in clinical cardiac electrophysiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Vedantham has a license on file in California.

Dmand AI lists atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, heart blockage, intermittent racing heartbeat (PSVT), pacemaker or defibrillator implantation, pacemaker replacement and sick sinus syndrome among the conditions Dr. Vedantham treats.

CMS data shows 3,107 Medicare services from Dr. Vedantham across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 2,096 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $42,248 for them.

CMS counts 2,096 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vedantham in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 785 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 42% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.35, 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. Vedantham's median patient age at 64, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Vedantham wrote 331 Medicare Part D claims for 82 patients. 58% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 220 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $158,181 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 309 claims across 8 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Vedantham for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Vedantham accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Vedantham as offering telehealth.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 79 papers to Dr. Vedantham, published from 2007 to 2025. 2021 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Catheter Ablation, Electrocardiography and Atrial Fibrillation. Dr. Vedantham has published most often in JACC Clin Electrophysiol. Dr. Vedantham's most frequent co-authors are Gregory Maurice Marcus, MD, Byron Kwock Lee, MD and Nitish Badhwar, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Vedantham to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Atrial Fibrillation and Arrhythmias, Cardiac.

CMS Open Payments shows 6 general payments to Dr. Vedantham from 5 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2024. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 91% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $4,355.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Vedantham, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Vedantham graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2002.

Dr. Vedantham is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.