Dr. Gautam Baskaran, MD

Dr. Baskaran practices at Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview in Longview, Texas.

Dr. Baskaran's NPI, 1679732549, was assigned on June 5, 2008. Dr. Baskaran graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2008. Dr. Baskaran holds Texas license Q0003.

Dr. Baskaran's primary practice is Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview, at 700 E Marshall Ave, Longview, TX 75601 in Gregg County. The practice phone is (903) 315-2000.

Dr. Baskaran's primary practice is Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview in Longview, Texas. Dr. Baskaran is also affiliated with CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview. The medical group on file is CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baskaran to 4 more hospitals, 5 medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Baskaran practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Baskaran's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Baskaran is board certified in critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Baskaran's licenses on file in 15 states: Texas, Florida, Montana, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Virginia, Alabama, Indiana, Kansas and Louisiana.

Dmand AI lists asthma, chronic lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pleural effusion, pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary heart disease and sleep apnea among the conditions Dr. Baskaran treats.

CMS data shows 2,230 Medicare services from Dr. Baskaran across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 527 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $140,356 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 527 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baskaran in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 222 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.13, 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. Baskaran's median patient age at 67, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Baskaran wrote 1,745 Medicare Part D claims for 301 patients. 53% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,585 of them, across 24 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $390,105 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,131 claims across 18 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Baskaran, published from 2004 to 2015. The most frequent topics are Apoptosis, Bronchiolitis Obliterans and Cell Division.

CMS Open Payments shows 115 general payments to Dr. Baskaran from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 90% of the total. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $567.

Dr. Baskaran graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2008.

Dr. Baskaran is in network with 25 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.