Rupa Bala is a Cardiology physician. OpenAlex indexes 82 publications with 6,280 citations (h-index 44).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
593 Eddy St
Providence, RI 029034923
Telephone
401-444-5891Provider last certified this registry record 11 Nov 2025.
Industry payments
17 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- ABIOMEDProgram year20251 payment
- Boston Scientific CorporationProgram year20251 payment
- Boston Scientific CorporationProgram year20242 payments
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Cardiovascular
78.8%Beta blocker35.8%Metoprolol Succinate88%Metoprolol Tartrate12%Part D<11 patientsAntiarrhythmic33.2%Amiodarone Hcl56%Flecainide Acetate29%Multaq16%Part D<11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
12.2%Proton pump inhibitor12.2%Pantoprazole Sodium100%Part D≥45 patientsBlood & clotting
9.1%Factor Xa inhibitor9.1%Eliquis100%Part D≥13 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Percutaneous Epicardial Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias Arising From the Left Ventricular Summit
Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
2015 - Acute Hemodynamic Decompensation During Catheter Ablation of Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia
Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
2014
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