PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1437154242

Steven KunkesM.D.

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CardiologyFairfield, CTI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

231

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

315

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$16K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 375 Cardiology providers in CT — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,798).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,495

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$737K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate387 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium250 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium245 claims

Losartan Potassium207 claims

Amlodipine Besylate168 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

86.5

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Steven Kunkes'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 · 91 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Llc Clinical Laboratory · Wallingford, CT	566	2,667
Adam Schussheim Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	142	265
Linda Casale Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	129	276
Jay Meizlish Interventional Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	126	341
Robert Fishman Interventional Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	125	301
NORWALK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	104	391
Edward Tuohy Interventional Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	86	176
Ram Gordon Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	68	170
HARTFORD HEALTHCARE LABORATORIES	67	428
American Medical Response Of Connecticut Incorporated Ambulance Service Provider · New Haven, CT	41	85
Daniel Rudolph Internal Medicine · Trumbull, CT	38	103
Scott Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Shelton, CT	37	80

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	733	2,627
Quest Diagnostics Llc Clinical Laboratory · Wallingford, CT	521	2,567
Richard Taikowski Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	218	495
Mitchell Driesman Interventional Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	143	342
Robert Moskowitz Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	105	223
Linda Casale Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	104	192
Adam Schussheim Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	97	234
Robert Fishman Interventional Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	96	245
Jay Meizlish Interventional Cardiology · Fairfield, CT	96	242
NORWALK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	92	326
YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	86	360
HARTFORD HEALTHCARE LABORATORIES	73	398

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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