What is Cheguevara Afaneh's specialty?

Cheguevara Afaneh (NPI 1205089463) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in New York, NY.

Where does Cheguevara Afaneh practice?

Cheguevara Afaneh practices in New York, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1205089463.

How much does Medicare pay Cheguevara Afaneh?

Cheguevara Afaneh (NPI 1205089463) received approximately $169K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 318 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1205089463

Cheguevara AfanehM.D.

General SurgeryNew York, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

360

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

378

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$69K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,366 General Surgery providers in NY — top quintile (cohort median 254).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$34

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

85.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$86K

Payment records

123

By payment type

Education$65K

Travel and Lodging$15K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$1K

Honoraria$520

Top paying entities

Education$65K

Travel and Lodging$15K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$1K

Honoraria$520

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 330101

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Cheguevara Afaneh'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 · 9 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Peter Okin Cardiology · New York, NY	30	90
KLIGFIELD, PAUL	17	38
THE NEW YORK AND PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	12	19
Kevin Mennitt Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	11	21

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
The New York And Presbyterian Hospital Opioid Treatment Program · New York, NY	75	255
Peter Okin Cardiology · New York, NY	32	105
KLIGFIELD, PAUL	17	41
AUH, YONG	16	50
James Gruden Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LA	14	52
Kevin Mennitt Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	14	37
Roger Bartolotta Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	13	35
SHIH, GEORGE	12	39
VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK HOME CARE II	11	26

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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