PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609856475

Joseph ChristianoM.D.

PRACTICEWESTERN NEUROSURGERY LTD.See all providers at this practice →

NeurosurgeryTucson, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

142

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

165

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$23K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 111 Neurosurgery providers in AZ — below median (cohort median 428).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.7

Quality

79.2

Cost

70.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.41%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$846

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$846

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$846

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Christiano'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). 5 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Amy Miltenberger Physician Assistant · Charlotte, NC	46	88
RCHP-SIERRA VISTA INC	20	59
John Lee Diagnostic Radiology · Tucson, AZ	17	32
Charles Stevens Anesthesiology · El Centro, CA	12	26
Parag Patel Family Practice · Sierra Vista, AZ	12	35

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