Dr. Vikas Verma, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Verma
Dr. Vikas Verma is a critical care medicine in Altamonte Springs, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Verma performed 8,585 Medicare services across 3,127 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Verma received a total of $7,990 from 41 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 244 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in critical care medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Verma is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Injection, adenosine, 1 mg (not to be used to report any adenosine phosphate compounds) | 4,162 | $0 | $2 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 511 | $91 | $251 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 444 | $93 | $202 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 425 | $138 | $386 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 319 | $134 | $391 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 309 | $48 | $101 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 302 | $86 | $500 |
| Remote patient monitoring management, 20 min/month | 282 | $37 | $98 |
| Remote patient monitoring device, 30 days | 233 | $37 | $103 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 214 | $62 | $179 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 203 | $10 | $29 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 202 | $62 | $141 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 152 | $47 | $138 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 151 | $328 | $867 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 76 | $41 | $121 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 70 | $113 | $331 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 67 | $36 | $70 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 63 | $26 | $185 |
| Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial set-up and patient education on use of equipment | 61 | $14 | $36 |
| Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, each additional 20 minutes | 56 | $31 | $80 |
| Heart rhythm recording of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 36 | $9 | $28 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 36 | $19 | $53 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 33 | $8 | $28 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 33 | $16 | $48 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 32 | $138 | $363 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 28 | $16 | $43 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 28 | $11 | $29 |
| Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 25 | $17 | $113 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 21 | $28 | $79 |
| Ultrasound of one leg arteries or artery grafts | 11 | $18 | $125 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
7.4 mi
Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Verma is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 2% in FL), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 20%), with 19 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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