What is Howard Blaustein's specialty?

Howard Blaustein (NPI 1760470264) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Berkeley Heights, NJ.

Where does Howard Blaustein practice?

Howard Blaustein practices in Berkeley Heights, NJ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1760470264.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Blaustein?

Howard Blaustein (NPI 1760470264) received approximately $169K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 803 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1760470264

Howard BlausteinMD

PRACTICESUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP PASee all providers at this practice →

Pulmonary DiseaseBerkeley Heights, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,600

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,988

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$167K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 363 Pulmonary Disease providers in NJ — above median (cohort median 1,516).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,276

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$568K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

73.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Albuterol Sulfate486 claims

Montelukast Sodium246 claims

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter220 claims

Cefuroxime Axetil186 claims

Prednisone151 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$120

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$120

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$120

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Blaustein'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). 28 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Alexander Volvovsky Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	88	149
SNIECKUS, PETER	67	130
Erika Berman Diagnostic Radiology · Berkeley Heights, NJ	54	103
SALOMON, AMIR	44	72
AHS HOSPITAL CORP.	42	155
Neil Horner Diagnostic Radiology · Summit, NJ	42	66
Avinash Kothavale Cardiology · Berkeley Heights, NJ	39	108
Terrence Lee Diagnostic Radiology · New Providence, NJ	38	64
William Matuozzi Diagnostic Radiology · Berkeley Heights, NJ	36	66
Andrew Beamer Cardiology · Berkeley Heights, NJ	33	179
Nickolas Juliano Cardiology · Berkeley Heights, NJ	32	200
SACHS, R	30	107

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history

Healthparse Signals

Monitor this provider for changes — dated NPI change events