What is Merick Kirshner's specialty?

Merick Kirshner (NPI 1831183870) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Thoracic Surgery in Phoenix, AZ.

Where does Merick Kirshner practice?

Merick Kirshner practices in Phoenix, AZ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1831183870.

How much does Medicare pay Merick Kirshner?

Merick Kirshner (NPI 1831183870) received approximately $207K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 278 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831183870

Merick KirshnerMD

Thoracic SurgeryPhoenix, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

516

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

674

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$129K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 43 Thoracic Surgery providers in AZ — top quintile (cohort median 285).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Merick Kirshner'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). 37 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
VHS OF ARROWHEAD, INC	116	703
BANNER THUNDERBIRD MEDICAL CENTER	63	268
Gregory Spayde Physician Assistant · Carmel, IN	60	143
Nishant Gupta Interventional Cardiology · Phoenix, AZ	38	729
Daniel Lucas Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZ	37	283
Tahir Alkhairy Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZ	36	262
Traci Pritchard Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZ	36	330
Lahav Nissim Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZ	30	181
CASKEY, MICHAEL	30	344
HONORHEALTH	29	60
Kevin Brady Cardiac Surgery · Phoenix, AZ	28	59
Kishlay Anand Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Peoria, AZ	25	106

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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