What is Chafic Karam's specialty?

Chafic Karam (NPI 1326200163) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurology in Portland, OR.

Where does Chafic Karam practice?

Chafic Karam practices in Portland, OR, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1326200163.

How much does Medicare pay Chafic Karam?

Chafic Karam (NPI 1326200163) received approximately $40K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 263 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1326200163

Chafic KaramM.D.

NeurologyPortland, ORI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

504

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

583

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$36K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 200 Neurology providers in OR — above median (cohort median 336).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

278

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.5M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

46.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin74 claims

Duloxetine Hcl26 claims

Eplontersen Sodium21 claims

0.9 % Sodium Chloride20 claims

Immun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-5019 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.9

Quality

73.6

Cost

76.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.42%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$135K

Payment records

116

By payment type

Consulting Fee$72K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$46K

Travel and Lodging$14K

Food and Beverage$2K

Honoraria$1K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$72K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$46K

Travel and Lodging$14K

Food and Beverage$2K

Honoraria$1K

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (3)

CCN 390111

Hospital

CCN 390223

Hospital

CCN 390226

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Chafic Karam'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). 1 inbound referrers · 5 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Daniel Roque Neurology · Chapel Hill, NC	12	17

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS AT CHAPEL HILL	155	641
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	19	27
OSBORNE, MARY	13	78
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	11	39
Valerie Jewells Diagnostic Radiology · Chapel Hill, NC	11	15

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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