PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538240007

Michael SchaferMD

PRACTICEMIDWEST GASTROINTESTINAL ASSOCIATES PCSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyOmaha, NEI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,121

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,180

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$142K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 72 Gastroenterology providers in NE — below median (cohort median 5,668).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

692

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$188K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

36.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium160 claims

Sodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg159 claims

Omeprazole88 claims

Lipase/Protease/Amylase37 claims

Mesalamine28 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$11K

Payment records

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$9K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$9K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Schafer'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). 67 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL	311	1,073
Midwest Endoscopy Services Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Omaha, NE	68	97
NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER	67	206
GIBSON, MERLYN	49	120
Physicians Laboratory Services, Inc Clinical Laboratory · Omaha, NE	44	145
Kerry Bernal Pathology · Omaha, NE	41	74
Randal Cassling Cardiology · Omaha, NE	40	80
Edmund Fiksinski Cardiology · Omaha, NE	37	85
Kevin Cawley Diagnostic Radiology · Eden Prairie, MN	36	82
Ryan Dvorak Diagnostic Radiology · Omaha, NE	36	67
David Hilger Diagnostic Radiology · Lincoln, NE	36	75
Joseph Tiojanco Anesthesiology · Omaha, NE	35	62

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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