PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831304724

Zulfiqar CheemaM.D.

PRACTICEJAVIER A RIOS MD PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

Vascular SurgeryWebster, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

869

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,337

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$144K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 273 Vascular Surgery providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 854).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

298

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$66K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

94.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate159 claims

Apixaban62 claims

Acetaminophen With Codeine31 claims

Rivaroxaban30 claims

Prednisone16 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

52.9

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$303

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$303

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Zulfiqar Cheema'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). 27 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Michael Silva Vascular Surgery · Galveston, TX	186	465
Charlie Cheng Vascular Surgery · Galveston, TX	161	535
Enrique Barrientos Physician Assistant · Houston, TX	71	194
NPI 1346324605	39	131
Tareq Abu Sharifeh Cardiology · Galveston, TX	30	78
Tony Tran Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	26	55
Umamahesh Rangasetty Interventional Cardiology · Galveston, TX	22	69
Rafic Berbarie Cardiology · Dallas, TX	22	46
Andrew Mccammon Anesthesiology · Birmingham, AL	21	42
Wissam Khalife Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Galveston, TX	21	58
Galveston County Health District Ambulance Service Provider · Texas City, TX	19	64
MODI, SHREYAS	19	41

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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