Case Rep Psychiatry
Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam, MD
NPI1831371855PAC ID9335287739
- Medicare services, 2024
- 647
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 80
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,008
- Publications
- 2
- MIPS score, 2024
- 84
- Practice address
- 1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298
- Practice phone
- Call (804) 828-9000
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam is a psychiatrist in Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Venkatachalam practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia.
Dr. Venkatachalam's NPI, 1831371855, was assigned on November 30, 2007. Dr. Venkatachalam holds Virginia license 0101246134.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1831371855NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9335287739
- NPI enumeration date
- November 30, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (804) 828-9000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 63
- Medical school graduation
- 1989
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Venkatachalam's primary practice is VCU Medical Center, at 1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298 in Richmond City. The practice phone is (804) 828-9000.
- VCU Medical Center1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298 · Richmond CityPhone(804) 828-9000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Venkatachalam's primary practice is VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia. The medical group on file is MCV Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Venkatachalam to 1 more urgent care center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Venkatachalam practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| VCU Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam is one of 1,014 psychiatrists in Virginia
Psychiatry is Dr. Venkatachalam's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084P0800X. Dmand AI has Dr. Venkatachalam's licenses on file in 2 states: Virginia and Mississippi.
Specialties and state licenses
- Psychiatry, VirginiaPrimary
- Mississippi license
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam billed Medicare for 647 services in 2024
CMS data shows 647 Medicare services from Dr. Venkatachalam across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 80 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $43,094 for them.
Medicare services, 2024647
Medicare patients80
Paid by Medicare$43,094
Procedure codes8
Dr. Venkatachalam's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3712024: 33310%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1162024: 291151%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 23
Where Dr. Venkatachalam's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office14623%
- In a facility50177%
Dr. Venkatachalam compared with the Virginia median for psychiatrists, 2024
- Dr. Venkatachalam
- Virginia median
- Medicare services
- 647vs 1554.2 times
- Medicare patients
- 80vs 5157% above
- Part D claims
- 885vs 1575.6 times
Medians across 1,072 psychiatrists in Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Venkatachalam'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
Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam treated 80 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 66
CMS counts 80 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Venkatachalam in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 33 patients. 75% of them have anxiety, and 75% have depression. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.47, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Venkatachalam's median patient age at 63, with 77% women.
Medicare patients, 202480
Average age66
Average risk score1.47
Also on Medicaid33%
Dr. Venkatachalam's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Venkatachalam's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women4961%
- Men3139%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Venkatachalam's Medicare patients, 2024
- Anxiety75%
- Depression75%
- Mood disorders75%
- High cholesterol71%
- High blood pressure63%
- Schizophrenia and other psychoses53%
- Bipolar disorder51%
- Arthritis43%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Venkatachalam's patients across all payers
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Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 63
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women77%
- Men23%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam wrote 1,008 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Venkatachalam wrote 1,008 Medicare Part D claims for 65 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 885 of them, across 28 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $29,172 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 866 claims across 24 drugs.
Part D claims, 20241,008
Drugs named by CMS28
Total drug cost$29,172
Part D patients65
Dr. Venkatachalam's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic978 claims97%
- Brand-name30 claims3%
Dr. Venkatachalam'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 Dr. Venkatachalam's Part D claims, 2024
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over5%54 of 1,008 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: 8662024: 8852%
Drugs named by CMS: 28 in 2024, 24 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
Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam scored 84 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Venkatachalam for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Venkatachalam accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Venkatachalam as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Venkatachalam's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 84of 100Final score
- 69.9of 100Quality
- 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 77of 100Cost
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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Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Venkatachalam in 2013. Dr. Venkatachalam's most frequent co-author is Sameer K. Hassamal, MD.
Papers2
Dr. Venkatachalam's most frequent co-authors
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Sources for Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam'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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam's NPI number?
Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam's NPI number is 1831371855. It was assigned on November 30, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam?
Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam is a psychiatrist in Richmond, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Psychiatry Physician (taxonomy code 2084P0800X).
Where does Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam practice?
Dr. Venkatachalam practices at 1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298. Dr. Venkatachalam's primary practice is VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Venkatachalam to 1 urgent care center and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Venkatachalam is (804) 828-9000.
What is Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam's medical license number?
Dr. Venkatachalam holds Virginia license 0101246134, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Venkatachalam in Virginia and Mississippi.
Which hospitals is Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam affiliated with?
Dr. Venkatachalam practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia.
What medical group is Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam part of?
Dr. Venkatachalam is linked to MCV Physicians. Dmand AI links Dr. Venkatachalam to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Venkatachalam billed Medicare for 647 services in 2024, and Dr. Venkatachalam accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Venkatachalam as offering telehealth services.
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What is Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam's MIPS score?
Dr. Venkatachalam's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 84 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam see?
CMS counts 80 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Venkatachalam in 2024, with an average age of 66.
What services does Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Venkatachalam's most billed Medicare services were psychiatric service (90870), hospital inpatient care (99232) and office visit, established patient (99214).
What drugs does Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Venkatachalam's most prescribed drugs by claims were Trazodone HCl, Bupropion XL and Alprazolam.
How long has Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam been practicing?
Dr. Venkatachalam graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.
Does Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Venkatachalam.
Who does Dr. Vasu Venkatachalam publish with?
Dr. Venkatachalam's most frequent co-authors are Sameer K. Hassamal, MD (1 shared paper).
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