PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1427049220

John TesserMD

PRACTICEARIZONA ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY ASSOCIATESSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyPhoenix, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

6,051

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

266,053

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$3.1M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 71 Rheumatology providers in AZ — top quintile (cohort median 9,320).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,148

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Methotrexate Sodium334 claims

Prednisone297 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate196 claims

Alendronate Sodium117 claims

Leucovorin Calcium112 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.2

Quality

0.0

Cost

47.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

1.02%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$92K

Payment records

254

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$51K

Consulting Fee$29K

Travel and Lodging$8K

Food and Beverage$5K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Tesser'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). 7 inbound referrers · 11 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Nehad Soloman Rheumatology · Phoenix, AZ	51	80
CRESCENDO BIOSCIENCE, INC	36	74
BANNER THUNDERBIRD MEDICAL CENTER	27	60
RHEUMATOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS LABORATORY INC	20	56
Denise Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Glendale, AZ	17	27
Randy Jay Physician Assistant · Phoenix, AZ	17	25
BANNER ESTRELLA MEDICAL CENTER	13	16

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc Clinical Laboratory · Phoenix, AZ	287	1,077
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Phoenix, AZ	83	203
Nehad Soloman Rheumatology · Phoenix, AZ	32	51
BANNER THUNDERBIRD MEDICAL CENTER	30	58
Eric Peters Rheumatology · Glendale, AZ	23	45
Robert Aizenstein Diagnostic Radiology · Glendale, AZ	18	38
HONORHEALTH	15	31
Randy Jay Physician Assistant · Phoenix, AZ	13	27
BANNER ESTRELLA MEDICAL CENTER	13	18
HONORHEALTH	12	18
BROWN, SCOTT	12	20

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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