PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1710945159

Michael SassowerMD

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CardiologyUtica, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,932

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,448

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$337K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,949 Cardiology providers in NY — above median (cohort median 2,081).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,889

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$854K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

41.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate275 claims

Sacubitril/Valsartan213 claims

Apixaban212 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate197 claims

Ticagrelor180 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.3

Quality

75.1

Cost

69.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.43%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$730

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$730

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Sassower'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). 111 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CENTREX CLINICAL LABORATORIES INC	476	1,361
MVHS INC	378	756
Thomas Mathew Cardiology · New Hartford, NY	189	296
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.	186	411
Prabhat Varma Cardiology · Utica, NY	136	255
Mark Blaker Cardiology · New Hartford, NY	134	242
Gerry Love Cardiology · Utica, NY	134	239
KARIKEHALLI, SHRIDEVI	117	409
Thor Markwood Cardiology · Utica, NY	109	210
Brian Burke Diagnostic Radiology · Utica, NY	109	217
Brian Gaffney Cardiology · Utica, NY	98	165
Maurice Oehlsen Internal Medicine · Utica, NY	86	153

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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