What is Faris Araj's specialty?

Faris Araj (NPI 1205045184) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology in Dallas, TX.

Where does Faris Araj practice?

Faris Araj practices in Dallas, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1205045184.

How much does Medicare pay Faris Araj?

Faris Araj (NPI 1205045184) received approximately $55K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 459 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1205045184

Faris ArajM.D.

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyDallas, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

597

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

915

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$47K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 44 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 1,012).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,116

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$282K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Sacubitril/Valsartan94 claims

Metoprolol Succinate84 claims

Spironolactone80 claims

Empagliflozin63 claims

Carvedilol60 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.9

Quality

70.2

Cost

72.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.33%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$26

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$26

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$26

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 450044

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Faris Araj'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). 64 inbound referrers · 96 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	183	1,764
Jason Busigo Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	127	927
Mark Drazner Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Dallas, TX	112	1,123
Bradley Strout Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	77	514
TASIAN, BERGE	75	489
Robert Morlend Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Dallas, TX	72	867
Pradeep Mammen Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Kansas City, KS	71	421
Sharon Reimold Cardiology · Dallas, TX	56	340
Aslan Turer Interventional Cardiology · Dallas, TX	54	214
Ravindra Sarode Pathology · Dallas, TX	49	227
Kamakki Banks Cardiology · Allen, TX	49	194
Stephen Kircher Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	47	235

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	218	2,316
Mark Drazner Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Dallas, TX	114	1,430
Jason Busigo Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	109	785
Alpesh Amin Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Fort Worth, TX	105	999
Jennifer Thibodeau Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Dallas, TX	93	1,211
Robert Morlend Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Dallas, TX	78	1,083
Pradeep Mammen Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Kansas City, KS	73	518
Sharon Reimold Cardiology · Dallas, TX	72	334
Bradley Strout Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	69	450
Susan Matulevicius Cardiology · Dallas, TX	69	303
TASIAN, BERGE	66	358
Paul Sullivan Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	60	177

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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