What is Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari's specialty?

Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari (NPI 1346414562) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Thoracic Surgery in Munster, IN.

Where does Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari practice?

Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari practices in Munster, IN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1346414562.

How much does Medicare pay Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari?

Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari (NPI 1346414562) received approximately $195K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 354 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1346414562

Mehdi Akhavan-HeidariM.D.

Thoracic SurgeryMunster, INI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

488

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

508

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$136K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 70 Thoracic Surgery providers in IN — top quintile (cohort median 233).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$781

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$781

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$781

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari'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). 50 inbound referrers · 101 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
WHEELING HOSPITAL INC	523	2,843
Mark Benson Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	89	203
Edward Chiu Cardiology · Wheeling, WV	73	180
OHIO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, INC	70	214
Carter Kenamond Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	66	144
NPI 1285639385	63	174
Michael Maroney Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	62	152
John Defilippo Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	55	88
Vincent Caruso Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	50	115
EAST OHIO REGIONAL HOSPITAL	49	156
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	42	129
Tiffany Dougherty Nurse Practitioner · Wheeling, WV	34	131

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
WHEELING HOSPITAL INC	327	1,669
Victor Maevsky Thoracic Surgery · Saint Clairsville, OH	184	720
Eric Irwin Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	89	266
Mark Benson Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	81	248
NEIS, THOMAS	79	275
Gary Loh Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	76	216
Michael Slaysman Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	69	169
OHIO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, INC	56	191
NPI 1609822410	55	248
Tiffany Dougherty Nurse Practitioner · Wheeling, WV	55	212
Michael Maroney Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	51	118
Edward Chiu Cardiology · Wheeling, WV	49	145

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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