PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558545087

Joseph ZhaoMD

PRACTICEAKDHC, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyChandler, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

576

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,007

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$119K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 225 Nephrology providers in AZ — below median (cohort median 2,066).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

391

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$76K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcitriol48 claims

Furosemide37 claims

Amlodipine Besylate32 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol29 claims

Allopurinol28 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.2

Quality

67.7

Cost

76.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.56%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$251

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$200

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Zhao'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). 34 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Asad Chaudhary Nephrology · Mesa, AZ	70	1,098
NPI 1316992407	69	265
BANNER BAYWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	68	247
Almutaz Kartoumah Nephrology · Chandler, AZ	65	272
SPECTRA LABORATORIES INC	55	153
Muhammad Uddin Nephrology · Mesa, AZ	39	372
R M Arizona Holdings Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Mesa, AZ	39	134
Robert Hanna Interventional Radiology · Mesa, AZ	35	156
MOUNTAIN VISTA MEDICAL CENTER LP	27	56
Seyed Javadpoor Pulmonary Disease · Mesa, AZ	24	177
James Lyons Diagnostic Radiology · Mesa, AZ	24	104
NPI 1255335535	21	179

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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