PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699869842

Melissa WeitzelPA-C

PRACTICENORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITALSee all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantChicago, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

660

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,695

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$60K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,282 Physician Assistant providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 232).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

655

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$82K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

15.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Losartan Potassium82 claims

Amlodipine Besylate70 claims

Furosemide51 claims

Nifedipine43 claims

Allopurinol38 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.2

Quality

83.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.85%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Weitzel'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE	268	1,756
James Paparello Nephrology · Chicago, IL	68	382
Lisa Wolfe Sleep Medicine · Chicago, IL	45	105
Jennifer Tuazon Nephrology · Chicago, IL	33	203
DAVISON, RICHARDO	21	84
Cybele Ghossein Nephrology · Chicago, IL	20	217
REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO	17	37
CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	17	36
David Mehlman Cardiology · Chicago, IL	17	46
WIGGINS, CAROLYN	16	25
Felicitas Koller General Surgery · Chicago, IL	13	38
Lorenzo Gallon Nephrology · Chicago, IL	12	59

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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ProviderScore

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