Dr. Nilanee Antonette Karikaran, MD

Dr. Karikaran practices at Headache and Neurological Care Center in Snellville, Georgia.

Dr. Karikaran's NPI, 1114008927, was assigned on October 18, 2006. Dr. Karikaran holds Georgia license 57872.

Dr. Karikaran's primary practice is Headache and Neurological Care Center, at 2138 Scenic Hwy, Snellville, GA 30078 in Gwinnett County. The practice phone is (678) 395-3289.

Dr. Karikaran's primary practice is Headache and Neurological Care Center in Snellville, Georgia. Dr. Karikaran is also affiliated with Piedmont Eastside Medical Center. The medical group on file is Emory Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Karikaran to 2 more hospitals, 2 medical groups, 1 physician office 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. Karikaran practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurology is Dr. Karikaran's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Karikaran is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 513 Medicare services from Dr. Karikaran across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 245 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $56,638 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 245 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Karikaran in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 100 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 29% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.66, 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. Karikaran's median patient age at 69, with 65% women.

In 2024, Dr. Karikaran wrote 3,276 Medicare Part D claims for 516 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,992 of them, across 52 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,350,119 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,565 claims across 48 drugs.

Dr. Karikaran accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 742 general payments to Dr. Karikaran from 65 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 72% of the total. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $3,735.