What is Irfan Iftikhar's specialty?

Irfan Iftikhar (NPI 1851357248) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Interventional Cardiology in Houston, TX.

Where does Irfan Iftikhar practice?

Irfan Iftikhar practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1851357248.

How much does Medicare pay Irfan Iftikhar?

Irfan Iftikhar (NPI 1851357248) received approximately $733K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 762 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851357248

Irfan IftikharMD

PRACTICECARDIAC INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

Interventional CardiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,649

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,457

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$721K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 466 Interventional Cardiology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 2,367).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,046

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate955 claims

Losartan Potassium598 claims

Amlodipine Besylate554 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium419 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium392 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

50.0

Cost

72.7

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$877

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$877

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$877

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Irfan Iftikhar'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). 53 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	228	508
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	140	437
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	93	203
Sohail Noor Emergency Medicine · Houston, TX	42	155
David Light Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	36	59
Andrew Tenn Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	29	63
Robert Salazar Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	29	100
HEDRICK, THOMAS	28	58
Mir Alikhan Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	28	52
Darnell Pettway Emergency Medicine · Pasadena, TX	27	40
WEST I-10 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC	27	44
Jerry Polasek Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	26	45

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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