PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669548079

Michael MerkinMD

NeurologyEdison, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

403

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

564

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$64K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 477 Neurology providers in NJ — below median (cohort median 795).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,500

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$704K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Donepezil Hcl181 claims

Gabapentin149 claims

Levetiracetam122 claims

Memantine Hcl71 claims

Clonazepam66 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

$2K

Payment records

109

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Merkin'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). 50 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Amit Aggarwal Diagnostic Radiology · Edison, NJ	97	224
Richard Gan Neurology · Edison, NJ	86	160
Gabriel Pivawer Diagnostic Radiology · Edison, NJ	75	173
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	72	135
Christopher Pierpont Diagnostic Radiology · Edison, NJ	48	121
Abhishek Shrivastava Diagnostic Radiology · Rahway, NJ	39	90
Eric Schmell Diagnostic Radiology · Edison, NJ	38	79
Hank Freeman Interventional Radiology · Edison, NJ	36	82
James Zu Neurology · Edison, NJ	30	45
Julia Dippl Internal Medicine · Hockessin, DE	25	38
Gary Kronfeld Diagnostic Radiology · Rahway, NJ	25	39
Harish Bhatt Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Edison, NJ	23	51

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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