What is George Nikias's specialty?

George Nikias (NPI 1679585236) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in River Edge, NJ.

Where does George Nikias practice?

George Nikias practices in River Edge, NJ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1679585236.

How much does Medicare pay George Nikias?

George Nikias (NPI 1679585236) received approximately $144K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 483 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1679585236

George NikiasMD

PRACTICEHACKENSACK GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATESSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyRiver Edge, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

939

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,482

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$130K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 544 Gastroenterology providers in NJ — top quintile (cohort median 963).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

699

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$194K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium121 claims

Omeprazole78 claims

Nortriptyline Hcl52 claims

Ursodiol41 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates37 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.0

Quality

60.1

Cost

78.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.13%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where George Nikias'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). 33 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION	193	748
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	48	127
Bala Raja Anesthesiology · Easton, PA	43	63
Paramus Endoscopy Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Paramus, NJ	37	43
Scott Merlin Pathology · Rahway, NJ	34	72
BENISCH, BARRY	33	82
Gene Han Diagnostic Radiology · Hackensack, NJ	29	45
MILLER, MITCHELL	29	59
Michelle Ye Pathology · Rahway, NJ	28	56
MARCUS, JENNIFER	26	33
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	26	67
Joel Rakow Diagnostic Radiology · Hackensack, NJ	25	46

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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