What is Joe Askar's specialty?

Joe Askar (NPI 1720179872) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Dunkirk, NY.

Where does Joe Askar practice?

Joe Askar practices in Dunkirk, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720179872.

How much does Medicare pay Joe Askar?

Joe Askar (NPI 1720179872) received approximately $53K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 265 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720179872

Joe AskarMD

PRACTICEROBERT A ZIMMER DPM PCSee all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryDunkirk, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

374

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

381

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$33K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,366 General Surgery providers in NY — top quintile (cohort median 254).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

281

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

48.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen75 claims

Cephalexin73 claims

Hydrocortisone26 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim23 claims

Levofloxacin17 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$21

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$21

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$21

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joe Askar'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BROOKS - TLC HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC.	264	1,258
Jon Muntz Diagnostic Radiology · Williamsville, NY	139	655
Andrew Landis Internal Medicine · Fredonia, NY	37	88
Shakeel Ahmad Internal Medicine · Dunkirk, NY	27	167
Wca Services Corporation Ambulance Service Provider · Jamestown, NY	27	66
Quratul Raja Rheumatology · Sugar Land, TX	27	155
IZZIO, DEBRA	26	141
Jason Barker Emergency Medicine · Dunkirk, NY	22	54
Hussein Merza Medical Oncology · Corona, CA	22	59
Eram Chaudhry Cardiology · Silver Creek, NY	20	49
Richard Milazzo Internal Medicine · Dunkirk, NY	19	88
BROOKS - TLC HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC.	14	28

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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