PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1194959338

Rania ShammasM.D.

RheumatologyBurbank, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

528

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,588

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$62K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 530 Rheumatology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 1,833).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,944

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.9M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone179 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate170 claims

Gabapentin157 claims

Meloxicam131 claims

Methotrexate Sodium129 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.5

Quality

79.4

Cost

73.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.53%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$14

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$14

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (3)

CCN 050112

Hospital

CCN 050235

Hospital

CCN 050262

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Rania Shammas'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). 3 inbound referrers · 12 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM	27	80
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM	18	45
SUTTER EAST BAY HOSPITALS	12	33

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER CASTRO VALLEY	52	192
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	48	106
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · Sacramento, CA	40	104
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · San Jose, CA	28	84
C. Michael Neuwelt Rheumatology · San Leandro, CA	22	44
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM	17	52
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM	16	34
SUTTER EAST BAY HOSPITALS	16	25
Michael Faer Diagnostic Radiology · Oakland, CA	16	22
SUTTER EAST BAY HOSPITALS	15	31
Dariush Zandi Family Practice · San Leandro, CA	12	46
Seyed-Karim Taghaddos Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	11	18

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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