What is Michael Scharf's specialty?

Michael Scharf (NPI 1417998956) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Philadelphia, PA.

Where does Michael Scharf practice?

Michael Scharf practices in Philadelphia, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1417998956.

How much does Medicare pay Michael Scharf?

Michael Scharf (NPI 1417998956) received approximately $49K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 538 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1417998956

Michael ScharfMD

Pulmonary DiseasePhiladelphia, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,243

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,394

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$43K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 571 Pulmonary Disease providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 707).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,599

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$9.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

62.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Tadalafil193 claims

Macitentan181 claims

Ambrisentan113 claims

Treprostinil104 claims

Albuterol Sulfate102 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$116

Payment records

By payment type

Education$77

Food and Beverage$39

Top paying entities

Education$77

Food and Beverage$39

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Scharf'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). 36 inbound referrers · 59 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC	231	774
FALCK NORTHEAST CORP.	44	98
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	36	109
Sandra Weibel Pulmonary Disease · Philadelphia, PA	36	85
David Wiener Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA	33	68
David Karasick Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	29	56
WASTI, NYLAH	28	69
AWSARE, BHARAT	27	82
Boyd Hehn Pulmonary Disease · Philadelphia, PA	24	78
Andrej Lyshchik Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	24	63
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	23	149
Terri Tuckman Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	23	43

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC	132	414
Cindy Finden Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	62	152
Achala Donuru Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	55	112
Paras Lakhani Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	47	102
FALCK NORTHEAST CORP.	44	85
Baskaran Sundaram Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	44	76
KAVURU, MANI	40	86
Stephen Karasick Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	40	86
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	37	112
Terri Tuckman Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	29	46
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	26	147
David Wiener Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA	26	41

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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