What is Samer Garas's specialty?

Samer Garas (NPI 1669475778) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Jacksonville, FL.

Where does Samer Garas practice?

Samer Garas practices in Jacksonville, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1669475778.

How much does Medicare pay Samer Garas?

Samer Garas (NPI 1669475778) received approximately $297K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 881 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669475778

Samer GarasMD

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CardiologyJacksonville, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,196

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,555

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$253K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,499 Cardiology providers in FL — above median (cohort median 2,540).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,199

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$819K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

46.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate438 claims

Evolocumab345 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium282 claims

Carvedilol251 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium221 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$27K

Payment records

100

By payment type

Honoraria$10K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$9K

Food and Beverage$5K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$3K

Consulting Fee$550

Top paying entities

Honoraria$10K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$9K

Food and Beverage$5K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$3K

Consulting Fee$550

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Samer Garas'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). 105 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST VINCENTS MEDICAL CENTER INC	1,021	3,792
City Of Jacksonville Ambulance Service Provider · Jacksonville, FL	184	415
ST LUKES - ST VINCENTS HEALTHCARE	170	594
Jonathan Constantin Cardiology · Ocala, FL	161	590
Christopher Roman Diagnostic Radiology · Tulsa, OK	159	411
Elizabeth Bathala Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	116	242
Zachary Brown Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	109	259
Joseph Dunn Interventional Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	105	236
BEDNARZYK, PAUL	103	307
Raguveer Murthy Cardiology · Jacksonville, FL	101	406
James Russell Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	90	231
Ravish Narvel Internal Medicine · Jacksonville, FL	77	369

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.

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