PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1205832128

Michael BauerM.D.

PRACTICENORTHWEST HEART SPECIALISTS, S.C.See all providers at this practice →

CardiologyArlington Heights, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,911

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,172

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$236K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 686 Cardiology providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 2,422).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,204

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium722 claims

Apixaban624 claims

Metoprolol Succinate524 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate345 claims

Losartan Potassium275 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.9

Quality

75.9

Cost

74.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.42%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (3)

CCN 140010

Hospital

CCN 140223

Hospital

CCN 140252

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Bauer'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). 165 inbound referrers · 369 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Stephen Zivin Diagnostic Radiology · Madison, CT	331	601
Marc Roy Diagnostic Radiology · Arlington Heights, IL	265	450
Kenneth Spero Diagnostic Radiology · Arlington Heights, IL	250	471
David Dubois Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	241	385
Carl Kalbhen Diagnostic Radiology · Arlington Heights, IL	231	372
Evan Oblonsky Diagnostic Radiology · Arlington Heights, IL	193	329
Paul Ruzumna Cardiology · Arlington Heights, IL	181	423
Scott Preusen Diagnostic Radiology · Springfield, IL	162	315
SETHI, MANJEET	160	337
William Suhr Internal Medicine · Arlington Heights, IL	153	382
Village Of Arlington Heights A Ambulance Service Provider · Arlington Heights, IL	138	213
Theresa Gandor Emergency Medicine · Arlington Heights, IL	133	214

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	1,609	5,419
Advantage Ambulance, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Schaumburg, IL	346	556
Anthony Malone Diagnostic Radiology · Arlington Heights, IL	278	473
Brian Albert Internal Medicine · Mt Prospect, IL	262	581
Alan Spiegel Cardiology · Arlington Heights, IL	259	582
Peter Cormier Diagnostic Radiology · Arlington Heights, IL	242	454
Anand Soni Cardiology · Larkspur, CA	227	505
Quest Diagnostics Llc Il Clinical Laboratory · Wood Dale, IL	218	425
Scott Preusen Diagnostic Radiology · Springfield, IL	216	349
Allan Malmed Diagnostic Radiology · Arlington Heights, IL	203	346
Ian Boiskin Diagnostic Radiology · Arlington Heights, IL	200	357
Lindsey Rabushka Diagnostic Radiology · Arlington Heights, IL	197	323

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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