PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1497999718

Joseph KaramM.D.

General SurgerySan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

377

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

385

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$56K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,477 General Surgery providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 212).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

292

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

9.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Tramadol Hcl146 claims

Methocarbamol61 claims

Bethanechol Chloride35 claims

Acetaminophen With Codeine27 claims

Tamsulosin Hcl23 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.7

Quality

62.0

Cost

84.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

90.0

Payment adjustment

0.32%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$21K

Payment records

By payment type

Education$15K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Education$15K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Karam'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). 1 inbound referrers · 2 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	30	47

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
KARAM, HAROLD	14	16
MIMARI, GEORGE	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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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