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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1336146125

Ira Merkel

PRACTICEDIGESTIVE DISEASE CENTER OF NJ LLCSee all providers at this practice →
Internal MedicineSomerset, NJI
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MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
148
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$3K
Distinct drugs
4
Brand share
0.0%
Top prescribed drugs
Pantoprazole Sodium57 claims
Esomeprazole Magnesium39 claims
Famotidine36 claims
Omeprazole16 claims
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$117
Payment records
1
By payment type
Food and Beverage$117
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ira Merkel'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). 18 inbound referrers · 23 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Rwj Endosurgical Center Llc
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136189
NPI 1265634489105128
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ
76203
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, INC65150
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL5080
Scott Aronson
Gastroenterology · Somerset, NJ
2853
FERGES, MITCHELL2855
Mohammad Qureshi
Pathology · Edison, NJ
2631
Bioreference Health, Llc
Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ
2458
Judith Amorosa
Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ
1729
David Fischler
Pulmonary Disease · East Brunswick, NJ
1627
Daniel Shindler
Cardiology · New Brunswick, NJ
1518
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Hadia Ata
Pathology · Trenton, NJ
122318
Rwj Endosurgical Center Llc
Ambulatory Surgical Center · East Brunswick, NJ
93119
NPI 12656344897584
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ
71156
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Clinical Laboratory · Clifton, NJ
68143
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, INC52163
Scott Aronson
Gastroenterology · Somerset, NJ
3464
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL3254
FERGES, MITCHELL2667
William Ferges
Gastroenterology · Somerset, NJ
2237
Mohammad Qureshi
Pathology · Edison, NJ
1818
Joseph Mammone
Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ
1733
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.