Vikas Bhalla is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Banner Health. OpenAlex indexes 85 publications with 2,573 citations (h-index 23).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
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
215 E Quincy St Ste 410
San Antonio, TX 782152034
Telephone
830-320-4955Provider last certified this registry record 14 Jan 2022.
Industry payments
20 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- ABIOMEDProgram year202511 payments
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year202524 payments
- Shockwave Medical, IncProgram year20252 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
73.4%Beta blocker14.5%Carvedilol41%Metoprolol Succinate34%Metoprolol Tartrate25%Part D≥52 patientsNitrate13.3%Isosorbide Mononitrate Er65%Nitroglycerin35%Part D≥63 patients+ 13 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
25.7%P2Y12 inhibitor13.1%Clopidogrel52%Brilinta35%Prasugrel Hcl13%Part D≥53 patientsFactor Xa inhibitor11.7%Eliquis94%Xarelto6%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
0.9%Potassium supplement0.9%Potassium Chloride100%Part D<11 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.
- Value-based assessment of implementing a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)
Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
2020 - Value-based syncope evaluation and management: Perspectives of health care professionals on readiness, barriers and enablers
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
2020 - Identifying Guideline-Practice Gaps to Optimize Evaluation and Management for Patients With Syncope
Canadian Journal of Cardiology
2020 - Contemporary Meta-Analysis of Extended Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulant Thromboprophylaxis to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism
The American Journal of Medicine
2020
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