What is Howard Guss's specialty?

Howard Guss (NPI 1831162403) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Ocean, NJ.

Where does Howard Guss practice?

Howard Guss practices in Ocean, NJ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1831162403.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Guss?

Howard Guss (NPI 1831162403) received approximately $121K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 540 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831162403

Howard GussD.O.

PRACTICESHORE HEALTH GROUP, PCSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyOcean, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,049

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,266

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$115K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 544 Gastroenterology providers in NJ — above median (cohort median 963).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,208

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$147K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium613 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates140 claims

Sucralfate117 claims

Omeprazole92 claims

Esomeprazole Magnesium78 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.2

Quality

71.6

Cost

76.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.43%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Debt forgiveness$3K

Education$150

Food and Beverage$79

Top paying entities

Debt forgiveness$3K

Education$150

Food and Beverage$79

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Guss'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). 51 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION	196	521
Advanced Endoscopy & Surgical Center Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Eatontown, NJ	144	247
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	110	277
Pritinder Thind Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ	68	205
Cdx Diagnostics, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Suffern, NY	58	99
Nicole Glynn Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ	50	133
ZEDIE, NISHAT	47	71
Michael Carroll Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ	43	100
Leonard Zawodniak Diagnostic Radiology · East Brunswick, NJ	40	104
GIRGIS, WAHID	39	103
MONMOUTH OCEAN HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATION	33	53
ALERT AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC	32	74

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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