Vijay Neelam
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,116
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 504
- Part D claims, 2024
- 737
- MIPS score, 2024
- 86
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 524 Dr Michael Debakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601
- Practice phone
- Call (337) 436-2511
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Vijay Neelam is an internist in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Vijay Neelam practices at CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health.
Vijay Neelam's NPI, 1154736270, was assigned on June 26, 2014. Vijay Neelam holds Louisiana license 305966.
- NPI
- 1154736270NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6800194341
- NPI enumeration date
- June 26, 2014
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (337) 436-2511
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 43
- Medical school graduation
- 2009
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Vijay Neelam practices at CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Vijay Neelam's primary practice is CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital, at 524 Dr Michael Debakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601 in Calcasieu Parish. The practice phone is (337) 436-2511.
- CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital524 Dr Michael Debakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601 · Calcasieu ParishPhone(337) 436-2511
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Vijay Neelam is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 4 medical groups
Vijay Neelam's primary practice is CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health. Vijay Neelam is also affiliated with Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Sound Physicians. Dmand AI also links Vijay Neelam to 3 more hospitals and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Vijay Neelam's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Vijay Neelam practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +4 more sites and 3 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Vijay Neelam is one of 1,571 internists in Louisiana
Internal medicine is Vijay Neelam's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Vijay Neelam is licensed in Louisiana.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, LouisianaPrimary
Internists near Vijay Neelam
Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Vijay Neelam billed Medicare for 2,116 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,116 Medicare services from Vijay Neelam across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 504 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $180,346 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Vijay Neelam's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,7762024: 2,11619%
Vijay Neelam compared with the Louisiana median for internists, 2024
- Vijay Neelam
- Louisiana median
- Medicare services
- 2,116vs 4215.0 times
- Medicare patients
- 504vs 1603.1 times
- Part D claims
- 430vs 4085% above
Medians across 1,561 internists in Louisiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Vijay Neelam's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Vijay Neelam treated 504 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 504 Medicare patients who saw Vijay Neelam in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 199 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.46, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Vijay Neelam's median patient age at 67, with 52% women.
Vijay Neelam's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Vijay Neelam's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women27054%
- Men23446%
Chronic conditions among Vijay Neelam's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis58%
- Ischemic heart disease57%
- Heart failure51%
- Chronic kidney disease49%
- Diabetes49%
- Mood disorders46%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Vijay Neelam's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 67
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women52%
- Men47%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Vijay Neelam wrote 737 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Vijay Neelam wrote 737 Medicare Part D claims for 307 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 430 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $28,557 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 268 claims across 12 drugs.
Vijay Neelam's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic655 claims89%
- Brand-name and other82 claims11%
Vijay Neelam'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 Vijay Neelam's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids4%33 of 737 claims
- Antibiotics21%153 of 737 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: 2682024: 43060%
Drugs named by CMS: 19 in 2024, 12 in 2023.
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
Vijay Neelam scored 86 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Vijay Neelam for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Vijay Neelam accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Vijay Neelam's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 86of 100Final score
- 72.1of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Vijay Neelam received $585 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 17 general payments to Vijay Neelam from 9 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $143.
General payments to Vijay Neelam by program year, 2017 to 2025
Companies that paid Vijay Neelam the most, 2017 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Vijay Neelam's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Vijay Neelam's NPI number?
Vijay Neelam's NPI number is 1154736270. It was assigned on June 26, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What does Vijay Neelam specialize in?
Vijay Neelam is an internist in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Vijay Neelam practice?
Vijay Neelam practices at 524 Dr Michael Debakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601. Vijay Neelam's primary practice is CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health. Dmand AI also links Vijay Neelam to 3 hospitals and 3 medical groups.
What is Vijay Neelam's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Vijay Neelam is (337) 436-2511.
What is Vijay Neelam's medical license number?
Vijay Neelam holds Louisiana license 305966.
Which hospitals is Vijay Neelam affiliated with?
Vijay Neelam practices at CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Vijay Neelam is also affiliated with Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Vijay Neelam to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Vijay Neelam part of?
Vijay Neelam is linked to Sound Physicians. Dmand AI links Vijay Neelam to 3 more medical groups.
Does Vijay Neelam accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Vijay Neelam billed Medicare for 2,116 services in 2024, and Vijay Neelam accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Vijay Neelam's MIPS score?
Vijay Neelam's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 86 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Vijay Neelam see?
CMS counts 504 Medicare patients who saw Vijay Neelam in 2024, with an average age of 76.
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What services does Vijay Neelam bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Vijay Neelam's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99232) and hospital inpatient care (99239).
What drugs does Vijay Neelam prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Vijay Neelam's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pantoprazole Sodium, Ciprofloxacin HCl and Furosemide.
Has Vijay Neelam received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $585 in general payments to Vijay Neelam from 9 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Pfizer Inc.
How long has Vijay Neelam been practicing?
Vijay Neelam graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.
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