What is Ghassan Alkoutami's specialty?

Ghassan Alkoutami (NPI 1508867516) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Hickory, NC.

Where does Ghassan Alkoutami practice?

Ghassan Alkoutami practices in Hickory, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1508867516.

How much does Medicare pay Ghassan Alkoutami?

Ghassan Alkoutami (NPI 1508867516) received approximately $184K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,409 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1508867516

Ghassan AlkoutamiMD

PRACTICEDLP FRYE MEDICAL GROUP LLCSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyHickory, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,716

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,268

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$152K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 602 Cardiology providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 2,065).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,523

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.9M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban1,387 claims

Metoprolol Succinate1,058 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium703 claims

Amlodipine Besylate591 claims

Isosorbide Mononitrate543 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ghassan Alkoutami'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). 94 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Philip Paspa Internal Medicine · Hickory, NC	566	1,427
John Morrison Cardiology · Hickory, NC	556	1,482
Pairoj Rerkpattanapipat Cardiology · Hickory, NC	440	1,082
Vincent Patrone Cardiology · Hickory, NC	398	834
SCHULTZ, RICHARD	380	918
Daniel Alexander Cardiology · Winchester, VA	256	867
CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.	207	603
CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	150	267
BOOLS, JOHN	109	213
Eric Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	79	134
FAMILY CARE CENTER , P.A.	77	158
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	70	203

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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