Dr. Raghavendra Charan Makam, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Makam
Dr. Raghavendra Charan Makam is an internal medicine in Vero Beach, FL, with 17 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Makam performed 1,186 Medicare services across 966 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Makam received a total of $85,134 from 21 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 130 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. The majority of payments are for speaking programs and promotional activities, reflecting participation in industry-sponsored events. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Makam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 148 | $99 | $252 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 144 | $21 | $62 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 130 | $77 | $205 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 122 | $102 | $1,649 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 81 | $61 | $2,380 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 77 | $11 | $53 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 76 | $17 | $53 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 69 | $7 | $54 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 36 | $112 | $240 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 35 | $52 | $473 |
| Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system, remote up to 30 days | 34 | $21 | $124 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 31 | $9 | $29 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 27 | $84 | $253 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 27 | $112 | $304 |
| Nuclear medicine study, spect imaging with concurrent ct scan, 1 area or single acquisition, single day imaging | 23 | $56 | $243 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 22 | $2 | $58 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 21 | $14 | $498 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 18 | $22 | $73 |
| Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | 16 | $30 | $106 |
| 3d ultrasound imaging of heart for evaluation of heart structure performed during ultrasound imaging of congenital heart defects | 14 | $20 | $357 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 13 | $85 | $370 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 11 | $18 | $224 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 11 | $135 | $396 |
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 ›
The majority of payments (95%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in internal medicine and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 1% for internal medicine in FL.
Geographic Context
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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. Makam is a cardiac imaging specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (speaking/promotional, top 1%), with 17 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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