RENUKA CHOUDHARY

NPI 1437624509, individual, Rockville, MD, Occupational Therapist

Evidence tier

informational

Medicaid dollars per patient on code 97530 ($1059 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.

score 36 of 100, rank 9912, $3.4M at stake

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

Name	RENUKA CHOUDHARY
Type	Individual
Status	Active
NPI issued	October 4, 2018, last updated October 4, 2018
Practice location	1235 POTOMAC VALLEY RD, Rockville, MD 20850-2757, 443-621-4884
Specialties	Occupational Therapist (225X00000X, primary)

Procedures billed

The specific codes behind the dollars. Medicaid figures come from T-MSIS (2018 to 2024) and are compared with every other provider billing the same code; Medicare figures come from the 2024 physician and supplier file and compare this provider's submitted charge with what Medicare allowed, against the usual ratio for that code.

Medicaid, largest codes

code	what it is	paid	share	per patient-month	typical	rank among providers
97530	Therapy procedure using functional activities	$4.1M	100%	$1K	$124 (top 5% from $387)	100th percentile

In this area

12 providers in Montgomery County, MD carry an indicator in the public record, with $11.7M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 7 of them, followed by named in an enforcement record on 3. 3 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	ELIA TORRES Takoma Park, MD, ranked 25	$14K	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a state attorney general release dated September 30, 2024. Medicaid paid $14,399 in the last 12 observed months. and 4 more
1	RICHARD O AKOTO MD PA Takoma Park, MD, ranked 510	$0	Adjudicated (civil judgment) per a Department of Justice release dated August 11, 2025. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
1	RICHARD AKOTO Takoma Park, MD, ranked 516	$0	Adjudicated (civil judgment) per a Department of Justice release dated August 11, 2025. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
3	ADVENTIST HOME HEALTH SERVICES INC Silver Spring, MD, ranked 1439	$42K	Part of provider network D1-00104, ranked 104 nationally.
3	SILVER SPRING HEALTH, LLC Silver Spring, MD, ranked 2862	$0	Part of provider network D1-00059, ranked 59 nationally.
3	JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY Rockville, MD, ranked 4017	$0	Part of provider network D1-00104, ranked 104 nationally.
4	NORMAN BALOG Silver Spring, MD, ranked 8407	$5.1M	Hours beyond a day in 13 months, but with up to 2313 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours. Records needed.
4	MANBIR TAKHAR Germantown, MD, ranked 8860	$1.4M	Hours beyond a day in 1 month, but with up to 1736 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours. Records needed.

All 12 in MD

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All releases

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