What is Andrew Kao's specialty?

Andrew Kao (NPI 1730147224) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology in Kansas City, MO.

Where does Andrew Kao practice?

Andrew Kao practices in Kansas City, MO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1730147224.

How much does Medicare pay Andrew Kao?

Andrew Kao (NPI 1730147224) received approximately $74K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 728 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730147224

Andrew KaoMD

PRACTICECARDIOVASCULAR CONSULTANTS, PCSee all providers at this practice →

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyKansas City, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,143

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,375

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$66K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 27 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology providers in MO — above median (cohort median 915).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,573

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.8M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate607 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium440 claims

Apixaban376 claims

Carvedilol372 claims

Sacubitril/Valsartan372 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.6

Quality

76.1

Cost

65.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.32%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$484

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$484

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$484

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Andrew Kao'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). 91 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF KANSAS CITY	698	4,342
Christopher Walker Diagnostic Radiology · Kansas City, MO	182	910
Mark Everley Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Kansas City, MO	180	2,014
SAINT LUKES EAST HOSPITAL	153	377
Taiyeb Khumri Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Kansas City, MO	152	1,490
Melissa Rosado-De-Christenson Diagnostic Radiology · Tucson, AZ	141	695
Santiago Martinez-Jimenez Diagnostic Radiology · Kansas City, MO	137	682
Kelli Andresen Diagnostic Radiology · Kansas City, MO	102	629
SAINT LUKES SOUTH HOSPITAL, INC.	86	159
Medical Plaza Imaging Associates, Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Kansas City, MO	78	223
David Skolnick Cardiology · Kansas City, MO	67	214
Shaya Ansari Diagnostic Radiology · New Hyde Park, NY	64	259

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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