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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1457435745

Sheikh AhmedM.D.

CardiologyHouston, TXI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
2,144
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$292K
Distinct drugs
47
Brand share
31.1%
Top prescribed drugs
Losartan/Hydrochlorothiazide196 claims
Atorvastatin Calcium167 claims
Amlodipine Besylate162 claims
Metoprolol Succinate161 claims
Clopidogrel Bisulfate116 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
675
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
1,173
Distinct HCPCS
22
Medicare payment
$87K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 1,379 Cardiology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 2,215).
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$441
Payment records
17
By payment type
Food and Beverage$421
Education$20
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sheikh Ahmed'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). 62 inbound referrers · 123 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
City Of Houston
Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX
142424
William Pfeiffer
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
121441
Pornthep Wattanamano
Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA
72548
Jose Melendez
Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX
70240
Patrick Johnson
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
70189
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc
Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX
60171
American Medical Response Of Texas Inc
Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX
57153
Chi Si Choi
Internal Medicine · Houston, TX
57226
Rupesh Vakil
Pulmonary Disease · Midland Park, NJ
55319
Nehal Patel
Nephrology · Houston, TX
51161
TRIUMPH HOSPITAL OF NORTH HOUSTON, LP50122
Andrew Ginzel
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
49111
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM3771,093
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM155468
Harmohinder Kochar
Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX
103630
Stephen Lee
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
93235
William Pfeiffer
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
88272
Pornthep Wattanamano
Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA
83697
Ibrahim Garcia-Mowatt
Internal Medicine · Houston, TX
82818
Saleha Ahmed
Family Practice · Houston, TX
80478
SMILEY, SAMUEL64168
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc
Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX
63173
Rupesh Vakil
Pulmonary Disease · Midland Park, NJ
63398
American Medical Response Of Texas Inc
Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX
62162
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.