What is John Taras's specialty?

John Taras (NPI 1720015308) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Hand Surgery in Philadelphia, PA.

Where does John Taras practice?

John Taras practices in Philadelphia, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720015308.

How much does Medicare pay John Taras?

John Taras (NPI 1720015308) received approximately $44K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 139 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720015308

John TarasM.D.

Hand SurgeryPhiladelphia, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

136

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

145

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$17K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 70 Hand Surgery providers in PA — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,492).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.3

Quality

79.9

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.86%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$118

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$118

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$118

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Taras'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC	73	381
Mark Rekant Hand Surgery · Cherry Hill, NJ	33	130
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	29	107
Randall Culp Hand Surgery · Plains, PA	27	104
Stephanie Sweet Hand Surgery · King Of Prussia, PA	23	168
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	20	59
KENNEDY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INC.	18	53
THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYS	15	69

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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