PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720184328

Shameem AkhtarM.D.

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Internal MedicineLafayette, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

671

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,114

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$107K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,297 Internal Medicine providers in LA — above median (cohort median 534).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

291

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$10K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium46 claims

Furosemide40 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate28 claims

Levofloxacin28 claims

Amlodipine Besylate24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$264

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$264

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Shameem Akhtar'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). 26 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	554	1,773
THE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF ACADIANA, LLC	171	571
LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	95	336
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL INC.	56	227
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Lafayette, LA	46	253
MEYER, PHILIP	44	104
Krishna Nagendran Interventional Cardiology · Naperville, IL	39	141
Patrick Boyle Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LA	36	124
Benjamin Henderson Diagnostic Radiology · Greenville, SC	35	94
Paul Billeaud Diagnostic Radiology · Mobile, AL	26	81
Yu-Cheng Chen Cardiology · Lafayette, LA	21	63
Richard Vanbergen Diagnostic Radiology · New Iberia, LA	20	100

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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