What is Essam Mekhaiel's specialty?

Essam Mekhaiel (NPI 1659558666) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Chicago Ridge, IL.

Where does Essam Mekhaiel practice?

Essam Mekhaiel practices in Chicago Ridge, IL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1659558666.

How much does Medicare pay Essam Mekhaiel?

Essam Mekhaiel (NPI 1659558666) received approximately $226K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 488 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659558666

Essam MekhaielMD

Pulmonary DiseaseChicago Ridge, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,703

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,199

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$217K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 434 Pulmonary Disease providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 957).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$44K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$24K

Education$10K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$4K

Honoraria$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$24K

Education$10K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$4K

Honoraria$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Essam Mekhaiel'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). 127 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Masood Qazi Cardiology · Oak Lawn, IL	203	645
PIERCE, KENNETH	175	746
James Song Diagnostic Radiology · Oak Lawn, IL	143	490
Joel Benveniste Diagnostic Radiology · Nashville, TN	123	644
Jeffrey Neiger Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Oak Lawn, IL	123	461
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Elmhurst, IL	106	263
FANAPOUR, FREDERICK	104	350
Anisha Martin Diagnostic Radiology · Oak Lawn, IL	102	315
Beck Hur Diagnostic Radiology · Lake Forest, IL	100	284
HELLER, RICHARD	95	282
Mohammed Sahloul Sleep Medicine · Chicago Ridge, IL	90	379
Moutaz Sunbuli Pulmonary Disease · Chicago Ridge, IL	88	421

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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