What is Jerald Zakem's specialty?

Jerald Zakem (NPI 1396764643) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in New Orleans, LA.

Where does Jerald Zakem practice?

Jerald Zakem practices in New Orleans, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1396764643.

How much does Medicare pay Jerald Zakem?

Jerald Zakem (NPI 1396764643) received approximately $16K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 175 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1396764643

Jerald ZakemMD

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RheumatologyNew Orleans, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

172

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

194

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$13K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 61 Rheumatology providers in LA — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,426).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,630

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

21.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate382 claims

Gabapentin300 claims

Prednisone294 claims

Methotrexate Sodium245 claims

Tramadol Hcl202 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$394

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$394

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$394

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Jerald Zakem'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). 5 inbound referrers · 9 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	13	45
EAST BATON ROUGE MEDICAL CENTER LLC	12	48
Kurosh Safavi Diagnostic Radiology · Gretna, LA	12	22
Mayo Collaborative Services, Inc Clinical Laboratory · Rochester, MN	11	18
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	11	31

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION	320	2,159
Arthur Kenney Diagnostic Radiology · Covington, LA	33	64
DIETHELM, NANCY	26	48
NPI 1942268099	16	31
Erica Broussard Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LA	15	30
Eiman Jahangir Internal Medicine · Nashville, TN	12	24
Christopher Blais Infectious Disease · New Orleans, LA	12	36
David Kirsch Interventional Radiology · New Orleans, LA	11	21
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	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.

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