Kannan Thanikachalam, MBBS

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Hematologist and oncologist
NPI1487060489PAC ID3476868134
Medicare services, 2024
128
Medicare patients, 2024
43
Part D claims, 2024
239
Publications
10
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
344 S Hauser Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Practice phone
Call (716) 845-2300
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Primary practice

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Los Angeles, California

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Kannan Thanikachalam is a hematologist and oncologist in Los Angeles, California

Kannan Thanikachalam practices at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Los Angeles, California.

Kannan Thanikachalam's NPI, 1487060489, was assigned on July 10, 2014. Kannan Thanikachalam holds New York license 321116.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3476868134
NPI enumeration date
July 10, 2014
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(716) 845-2300
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
41
Medical school graduation
2011

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Kannan Thanikachalam practices at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Los Angeles, California

Kannan Thanikachalam's primary practice is Roswell Park Cancer Institute, at 344 S Hauser Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (716) 845-2300.

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    344 S Hauser Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(716) 845-2300

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Kannan Thanikachalam is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Kannan Thanikachalam's primary practice is Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Los Angeles, California. Kannan Thanikachalam is also affiliated with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. The medical group on file is Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dmand AI also links Kannan Thanikachalam to 1 more hospital, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Kannan Thanikachalam's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Roswell Park Cancer InstituteAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Kannan Thanikachalam is one of 1,502 hematologists and oncologists in California

Hematology and oncology is Kannan Thanikachalam's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RH0003X. Kannan Thanikachalam is licensed in New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Hematology and oncology, New YorkPrimaryLicense 321116 · taxonomy 207RH0003X

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Kannan Thanikachalam billed Medicare for 128 services in 2024

CMS data shows 128 Medicare services from Kannan Thanikachalam across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 43 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,527 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024128
Medicare patients43
Paid by Medicare$12,527
Procedure codes3

Kannan Thanikachalam's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3862024: 12867%
Lab and pathology
2023: 1032024: 0100%
Surgery
2023: 662024: 0100%

Kannan Thanikachalam compared with the California median for hematologists and oncologists, 2024

  • Kannan Thanikachalam
  • California median
Medicare services
128vs 93286% below
Medicare patients
43vs 22581% below
Part D claims
151vs 39462% below

Medians across 1,367 hematologists and oncologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Kannan Thanikachalam's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Kannan Thanikachalam treated 43 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 43 Medicare patients who saw Kannan Thanikachalam in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 22 patients. 70% of them have high blood pressure, and 67% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 2.23, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Kannan Thanikachalam's median patient age at 72, with 40% women.

Medicare patients, 202443
Average age72
Average risk score2.23

Kannan Thanikachalam's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Kannan Thanikachalam's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women1944%
  • Men2456%

Chronic conditions among Kannan Thanikachalam's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure70%
  2. High cholesterol67%
  3. Cancer53%
  4. Diabetes44%
  5. Chronic kidney disease35%
  6. Arthritis30%
  7. Anxiety28%
  8. COPD26%

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Kannan Thanikachalam's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women40%
  • Men59%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Kannan Thanikachalam wrote 239 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Kannan Thanikachalam wrote 239 Medicare Part D claims for 76 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 151 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $34,798 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 598 claims across 25 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024239
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$34,798
Part D patients76

Kannan Thanikachalam's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic192 claims80%
  • Brand-name and other47 claims20%

Kannan Thanikachalam's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Kannan Thanikachalam's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids10%23 of 239 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 5982024: 15175%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 25 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Kannan Thanikachalam offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Kannan Thanikachalam accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Kannan Thanikachalam as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Kannan Thanikachalam has 10 publications on record

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Kannan Thanikachalam, published from 2016 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 3. Kannan Thanikachalam has published most often in PM R. Kannan Thanikachalam's most frequent co-authors are Jordan M. Cloyd, MD, Ashish Manne, MBBS and Quoc P. Tran, MD.

Papers10
Years published2016 to 2025

Kannan Thanikachalam's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Kannan Thanikachalam's most frequent co-authors

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Kannan Thanikachalam received $3,476 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 164 general payments to Kannan Thanikachalam from 34 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 90% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $524.

General payments to Kannan Thanikachalam by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Kannan Thanikachalam by kind, 2016 to 2025

$3.5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,12390%
  • Education$35310%

Companies that paid Kannan Thanikachalam the most, 2016 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Kannan Thanikachalam's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Kannan Thanikachalam's NPI number?

Kannan Thanikachalam's NPI number is 1487060489. It was assigned on July 10, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Kannan Thanikachalam specialize in?

Kannan Thanikachalam is a hematologist and oncologist in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Hematology & Oncology Physician (taxonomy code 207RH0003X).

Where does Kannan Thanikachalam practice?

Kannan Thanikachalam practices at 344 S Hauser Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Kannan Thanikachalam's primary practice is Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Kannan Thanikachalam to 1 hospital, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group.

What is Kannan Thanikachalam's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Kannan Thanikachalam is (716) 845-2300.

What is Kannan Thanikachalam's medical license number?

Kannan Thanikachalam holds New York license 321116.

Which hospitals is Kannan Thanikachalam affiliated with?

Kannan Thanikachalam is affiliated with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dmand AI links Kannan Thanikachalam to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Kannan Thanikachalam part of?

Kannan Thanikachalam is linked to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dmand AI links Kannan Thanikachalam to 1 more medical group.

Does Kannan Thanikachalam accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Kannan Thanikachalam billed Medicare for 128 services in 2024, and Kannan Thanikachalam accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Kannan Thanikachalam offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Kannan Thanikachalam as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Kannan Thanikachalam see?

CMS counts 43 Medicare patients who saw Kannan Thanikachalam in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Kannan Thanikachalam bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Kannan Thanikachalam's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, new patient (99205).

What drugs does Kannan Thanikachalam prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Kannan Thanikachalam's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prochlorperazine Maleate, Ondansetron HCl and Eliquis.

Has Kannan Thanikachalam received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,476 in general payments to Kannan Thanikachalam from 34 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.

How long has Kannan Thanikachalam been practicing?

Kannan Thanikachalam graduated from medical school in 2011, 15 years ago.

Does Kannan Thanikachalam do research?

Dmand AI links 10 publications to Kannan Thanikachalam, published from 2016 to 2025.

Who does Kannan Thanikachalam publish with?

Kannan Thanikachalam's most frequent co-authors are Jordan M. Cloyd, MD (2 shared papers), Ashish Manne, MBBS (2 shared papers) and Quoc P. Tran, MD (2 shared papers).

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