What is Howard Chang's specialty?

Howard Chang (NPI 1679581342) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Psychiatry in Brockton, MA.

Where does Howard Chang practice?

Howard Chang practices in Brockton, MA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1679581342.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Chang?

Howard Chang (NPI 1679581342) received approximately $117K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 309 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1679581342

Howard ChangM.D.

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PsychiatryBrockton, MAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

708

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,630

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$117K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,006 Psychiatry providers in MA — top quintile (cohort median 248).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.7

Quality

88.1

Cost

77.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

71.0

Payment adjustment

0.49%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Chang'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). 107 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL INC.	584	3,280
Robert Gore Diagnostic Radiology · South Weymouth, MA	242	1,660
Rosemarie Paolini Nurse Practitioner · Brockton, MA	198	2,170
Stephen Bliss Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	157	753
KELLEY, RUSSELL	136	734
Ori Preis Diagnostic Radiology · Boston, MA	119	629
James Suojanen Diagnostic Radiology · South Weymouth, MA	115	552
Rafael Altieri Diagnostic Radiology · South Weymouth, MA	113	606
Essmaeel Abdel-Dayem Diagnostic Radiology · Boston, MA	111	554
FALLON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.	110	477
James Strain Diagnostic Radiology · Weymouth, MA	110	637
BEZREH, JAMES	94	446

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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