What is Zulfiquar Bhatti's specialty?

Zulfiquar Bhatti (NPI 1720180227) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Columbus, GA.

Where does Zulfiquar Bhatti practice?

Zulfiquar Bhatti practices in Columbus, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720180227.

How much does Medicare pay Zulfiquar Bhatti?

Zulfiquar Bhatti (NPI 1720180227) received approximately $229K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,316 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720180227

Zulfiquar BhattiM.D.

CardiologyColumbus, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,382

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,106

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$200K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 554 Cardiology providers in GA — above median (cohort median 2,370).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,093

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Spironolactone547 claims

Carvedilol346 claims

Apixaban340 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium338 claims

Losartan Potassium335 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.7

Quality

85.9

Cost

81.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Zulfiquar Bhatti'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). 109 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST FRANCIS HEALTH LLC	632	3,119
Rajinder Chhokar Cardiology · Columbus, GA	312	968
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	272	646
THE MEDICAL CENTER INC	215	701
NPI 1366436164	157	758
Vaibhav Patel Cardiology · Columbus, GA	155	485
MACHESKI, WILLIAM	148	597
Samir Mewar Cardiology · Columbus, GA	144	431
Nicholas Henson Diagnostic Radiology · Columbus, GA	117	491
YEOMAN, JOHN	111	574
LIFESTAR RESPONSE OF ALABAMA, INC.	94	539
Mgas Holdings, Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Macon, GA	91	336

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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