What is Ather Zafar's specialty?

Ather Zafar (NPI 1649470592) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Chesapeake, VA.

Where does Ather Zafar practice?

Ather Zafar practices in Chesapeake, VA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1649470592.

How much does Medicare pay Ather Zafar?

Ather Zafar (NPI 1649470592) received approximately $179K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 479 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649470592

Ather ZafarM.D.

NephrologyChesapeake, VAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

936

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,852

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$172K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 218 Nephrology providers in VA — above median (cohort median 1,566).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,246

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$218K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

19.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate108 claims

Carvedilol101 claims

Furosemide100 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol97 claims

Paricalcitol79 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$537

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$453

Education$84

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$453

Education$84

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ather Zafar'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). 139 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SENTARA HOSPITALS	190	604
SENTARA HOSPITALS	121	516
BON SECOURS DEPAUL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	88	184
City Of Norfolk Ambulance Service Provider · Norfolk, VA	87	161
Thomas Mccune Nephrology · Norfolk, VA	77	309
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	70	418
Michael Grassia Nephrology · Norfolk, VA	70	408
William Marshall Diagnostic Radiology · Chesapeake, VA	58	151
Sanjay Patel Interventional Radiology · Chesapeake, VA	57	152
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF VIRGINIA, INC.	42	193
ZASADA, ANDREW	41	104
Todd Berry Diagnostic Radiology · Norfolk, VA	40	82

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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