PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1043285786

Joseph KowalskiMD

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Orthopedic SurgeryBuffalo, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

321

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

499

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$56K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,320 Orthopedic Surgery providers in NY — below median (cohort median 1,129).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$70

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Methylprednisolone12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.7

Quality

77.6

Cost

81.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$844

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$469

Travel and Lodging$375

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 330219

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Kowalski'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). 6 inbound referrers · 20 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION	81	310
Jai Wadhwani Cardiology · Williamsville, NY	26	56
TIRONE, CHARLES	25	69
NPI 1275561094	18	42
LUTNICK, ROBERT	17	51
Gregory Castiglia Neurosurgery · Williamsville, NY	14	61

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION	140	604
BEDMUTHA, SHANTIKUMAR	41	102
TAN, VIVIAN	32	74
LUTNICK, ROBERT	24	57
Quest Diagnostics Of Pennsylvania, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Pittsburgh, PA	24	67
TIRONE, CHARLES	22	97
Jai Wadhwani Cardiology · Williamsville, NY	21	58
Anthony Notino Diagnostic Radiology · Williamsville, NY	20	76
NPI 1275561094	17	34
Elizabeth Ditonto, Md Pain Management · Buffalo, NY	16	52
HIGGS, DONALD	14	36
Riffat Sadiq Internal Medicine · Amherst, NY	14	51

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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