PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598961914

Vaqar AhmedMD

PRACTICEROBERT HIRSCH, MDSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyTeaneck, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

501

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

939

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$101K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 320 Nephrology providers in NJ — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,831).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,565

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$682K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

21.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Nifedipine168 claims

Prednisone148 claims

Amlodipine Besylate92 claims

Valganciclovir Hcl85 claims

Hydralazine Hcl75 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.3

Quality

66.4

Cost

71.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.27%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$17

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$17

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vaqar 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). 29 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Byron Schoettle Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	61	125
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF TEXAS, INC.	57	515
Sorot Phisitkul Nephrology · Lubbock, TX	55	143
Frank Quattromani Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	45	81
Stephen Frazier Diagnostic Radiology · Waterloo, IA	44	89
Niska Blevins Diagnostic Radiology · Wolfforth, TX	43	136
Faisal Jamal Internal Medicine · Belfast, ME	37	137
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER LUBBOCK	35	77
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	33	86
Kenneth Tan Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	33	58
Wael Tello Pulmonary Disease · Lubbock, TX	27	48
Ambulance Corporation Ambulance Service Provider · Lubbock, TX	26	46

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history