What is Muhammad Afzal's specialty?

Muhammad Afzal (NPI 1689600553) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Critical Care (Intensivists) in Sacramento, CA.

Where does Muhammad Afzal practice?

Muhammad Afzal practices in Sacramento, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1689600553.

How much does Medicare pay Muhammad Afzal?

Muhammad Afzal (NPI 1689600553) received approximately $125K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 331 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1689600553

Muhammad AfzalM.D.

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Critical Care (Intensivists)Sacramento, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

487

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,335

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$123K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 526 Critical Care (Intensivists) providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 399).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.5

Quality

99.5

Cost

83.6

Improvement activities

10.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.78%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$134

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$134

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Muhammad Afzal'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). 49 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Zi-Jian Xu Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	50	280
Saman Hayatdavoudi Critical Care (Intensivists) · Sacramento, CA	49	383
NPI 1295787455	41	135
Richard Axelrod Cardiac Surgery · Sacramento, CA	40	261
Jagbir Powar Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	39	125
Christine Chao Interventional Radiology · Sacramento, CA	39	111
Hugh Mcswain Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	37	160
DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE	36	50
Nancy Laurence Diagnostic Radiology · Sacramento, CA	34	81
Powell Jose Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	33	125
Hieu Huynh Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	32	109
Elena Gelfand Nephrology · Sacramento, CA	30	302

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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