Dr. Valerian L. Fernandes, MD

Dr. Fernandes practices at Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dr. Fernandes' NPI, 1912015967, was assigned on August 29, 2006. Dr. Fernandes holds South Carolina license 22866.

Dr. Fernandes' primary practice is Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, at 109 Bee St, Charleston, SC 29401 in Charleston County. The practice phone is (843) 789-6712.

Dr. Fernandes' primary practice is Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Fernandes is also affiliated with MUSC Health University Medical Center. The medical group on file is MUSC Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fernandes to 3 more medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Fernandes' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Fernandes is licensed in South Carolina.

CMS data shows 618 Medicare services from Dr. Fernandes across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 292 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $35,166 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 292 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fernandes in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 124 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.73, 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. Fernandes' median patient age at 70, with 39% women.

In 2024, Dr. Fernandes wrote 761 Medicare Part D claims for 120 patients. 75% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 644 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $148,151 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 597 claims across 16 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 79 out of 100 for Dr. Fernandes for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Fernandes accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 23 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Fernandes, more than 55% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Dmand AI links 17 papers to Dr. Fernandes, published from 2010 to 2023. 2013 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Coronary Angiography and Ablation Techniques. Dr. Fernandes has published most often in Am J Med Sci. Dr. Fernandes' most frequent co-authors are Ahmadreza Karimianpour, DO, Jacob Cross Townsend, MD and Michael R. Gold, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 33 general payments to Dr. Fernandes from 9 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 60% of the total. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid the most, $657.