What is Mehrdad Ghaffari's specialty?

Mehrdad Ghaffari (NPI 1770700718) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Altoona, PA.

Where does Mehrdad Ghaffari practice?

Mehrdad Ghaffari practices in Altoona, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1770700718.

How much does Medicare pay Mehrdad Ghaffari?

Mehrdad Ghaffari (NPI 1770700718) received approximately $194K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,064 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770700718

Mehrdad GhaffariM.D.

Pulmonary DiseaseAltoona, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,171

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,927

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$188K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 571 Pulmonary Disease providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 707).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,274

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

78.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter993 claims

Fluticasone/Vilanterol432 claims

Albuterol Sulfate324 claims

Azithromycin216 claims

Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol177 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

96.1

Quality

85.0

Cost

44.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.89%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$64

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$64

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$64

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Mehrdad Ghaffari'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). 76 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
David Rose Diagnostic Radiology · Altoona, PA	184	814
Richard Wertz Diagnostic Radiology · Altoona, PA	162	674
Altoona Logan Twp Mobile Med Emerg Dept Authority Ambulance Service Provider · Altoona, PA	108	390
Esiri Karunaratne Diagnostic Radiology · Altoona, PA	98	254
Benjamin Salter Diagnostic Radiology · Lebanon, NH	96	268
Michael Schlechter Internal Medicine · Altoona, PA	82	294
ROUB, LESLIE	73	238
Kamal Kamel Hospitalist · Langhorne, PA	55	195
Haitham Hreibe Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Augusta, GA	54	194
Ziad Khoury Cardiology · Altoona, PA	52	242
UPMC BEDFORD MEMORIAL	50	224
Kayla Fowler Physician Assistant · Altoona, PA	49	122

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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