What is Firas Hougeir's specialty?

Firas Hougeir (NPI 1023095957) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Dermatology in Douglasville, GA.

Where does Firas Hougeir practice?

Firas Hougeir practices in Douglasville, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1023095957.

How much does Medicare pay Firas Hougeir?

Firas Hougeir (NPI 1023095957) received approximately $667K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 802 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1023095957

Firas HougeirM.D.

DermatologyDouglasville, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,219

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,532

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$641K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 303 Dermatology providers in GA — above median (cohort median 2,903).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

683

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$527K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Triamcinolone Acetonide145 claims

Mupirocin129 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate113 claims

Ketoconazole105 claims

Clobetasol Propionate50 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.0

Quality

88.0

Cost

75.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$581K

Payment records

489

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$375K

Consulting Fee$149K

Travel and Lodging$31K

Honoraria$16K

Food and Beverage$9K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$375K

Consulting Fee$149K

Travel and Lodging$31K

Honoraria$16K

Food and Beverage$9K

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 110184

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Firas Hougeir's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 4 inbound referrers · 12 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NELSON, PAULA	57	98
COBB HOSPITAL, INC	17	22
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	15	22
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL, INC.	13	21

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
DOUGLAS HOSPITAL, INC.	70	131
NELSON, PAULA	63	103
Scott Acker Pathology · Alpharetta, GA	44	75
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Tucker, GA	35	58
Dipti Anand Pathology · Smyrna, GA	31	39
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL, INC.	23	29
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	22	37
WETHERINGTON, ROBERT	20	27
Nicole Stroud Physician Assistant · Torrance, CA	20	27
COBB HOSPITAL, INC	19	22
Deepti Munjal Internal Medicine · Douglasville, GA	11	26
Hanna Akiki Cardiology · Marietta, GA	11	20

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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