What is Sasan Ghaffari's specialty?

Sasan Ghaffari (NPI 1821092685) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Laguna Hills, CA.

Where does Sasan Ghaffari practice?

Sasan Ghaffari practices in Laguna Hills, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1821092685.

How much does Medicare pay Sasan Ghaffari?

Sasan Ghaffari (NPI 1821092685) received approximately $561K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,793 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

Top paying entities

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.

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