PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821092685

Sasan GhaffariMD

PRACTICECARING CARDIOLOGY MEDICAL GROUPSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyLaguna Hills, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,047

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

8,300

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$532K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 2,371).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,220

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate558 claims

Amlodipine Besylate457 claims

Rivaroxaban441 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium347 claims

Apixaban319 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.8

Quality

96.9

Cost

54.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$884

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$884

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sasan 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). 80 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SADDLEBACK MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	653	1,539
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	216	473
HERREN ENTERPRISES INC	200	300
Elliott Fankuchen Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	180	318
SUTHERLAND, JAMES	112	207
SZYMANOWSKI, JEREMY	105	172
George Shahinian Pulmonary Disease · Aliso Viejo, CA	87	316
Steven Sorenson Diagnostic Radiology · Redlands, CA	75	149
Michael Wang Diagnostic Radiology · Anaheim, CA	73	121
Richard Wasley Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	66	108
Randall Chong Emergency Medicine · Laguna Hills, CA	55	100
Gregory Simsarian Emergency Medicine · Laguna Hills, CA	53	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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