PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1336397231

Kassem SafaM.D

NephrologyBoston, MAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

550

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,019

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$88K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 270 Nephrology providers in MA — above median (cohort median 904).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,583

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$150K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

15.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone284 claims

Amlodipine Besylate146 claims

Carvedilol79 claims

Tacrolimus77 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim73 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$3K

Food and Beverage$123

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kassem Safa'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 · 4 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION	46	524
David Wojciechowski Nephrology · Dallas, TX	14	80
Ajay Singh Diagnostic Radiology · Boston, MA	13	36
Eliot Heher Nephrology · Boston, MA	13	54

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION	25	307
James Markmann General Surgery · Philadelphia, PA	12	45
Winfred Williams Nephrology · Boston, MA	12	59
Nahel Elias General Surgery · Boston, MA	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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

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