What is Kaveh Karimzad's specialty?

Kaveh Karimzad (NPI 1376828269) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Houston, TX.

Where does Kaveh Karimzad practice?

Kaveh Karimzad practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1376828269.

How much does Medicare pay Kaveh Karimzad?

Kaveh Karimzad (NPI 1376828269) received approximately $108K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 2,188 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1376828269

Kaveh KarimzadMD

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CardiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,705

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,436

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$99K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,379 Cardiology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 2,215).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

811

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$186K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate168 claims

Apixaban122 claims

Nifedipine75 claims

Carvedilol74 claims

Flecainide Acetate48 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.3

Quality

70.8

Cost

67.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$888

Food and Beverage$553

Top paying entities

Travel and Lodging$888

Food and Beverage$553

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kaveh Karimzad'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). 243 inbound referrers · 578 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	1,690	5,899
Kara Thompson Cardiology · Houston, TX	228	474
Peter Kim Cardiology · Houston, TX	178	392
TARRAND, JEFFREY	173	335
Cezar Iliescu Cardiology · Houston, TX	167	380
Juan Lopez-Mattei Cardiology · Fort Myers, FL	163	312
Elie Mouhayar Cardiology · Houston, TX	153	335
Jeremy Erasmus Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	151	228
Girish Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	150	334
William Murphy Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	145	247
Rajendra Kumar Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	112	202
Sonia Betancourt Cuellar Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	107	214

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	1,298	4,419
Elie Mouhayar Cardiology · Houston, TX	236	504
Jose Banchs Cardiology · Aurora, CO	235	444
Syed Yusuf Cardiology · Houston, TX	202	377
Saamir Hassan Cardiology · Houston, TX	176	336
Marcelo Benveniste Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	152	280
Kara Thompson Cardiology · Houston, TX	150	316
John Madewell Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	146	299
Patricia De Groot Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	143	274
Peter Kim Cardiology · Houston, TX	142	288
Girish Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	140	314
Cezar Iliescu Cardiology · Houston, TX	135	358

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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