PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861658445

Melanie SamardzijaPHD, FNP-BC

Nurse PractitionerChicago, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

232

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

307

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$13K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 7,761 Nurse Practitioner providers in IL — above median (cohort median 268).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

165

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$85K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

33.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Rifaximin26 claims

Spironolactone21 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium20 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl18 claims

Ursodiol18 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$8K

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$6K

Travel and Lodging$963

Food and Beverage$859

Honoraria$380

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$190

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melanie Samardzija'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE METHODIST HOSPITALS, INC	30	44
Rahul Julka Gastroenterology · Merrillville, IN	27	76
Nancy Reau Gastroenterology · Burr Ridge, IL	20	41
NPI 1255312450	18	31
WATERS, VALERIE	18	25
Melvy Mathew Diagnostic Radiology · Roseville, MN	14	24
Vijay Dave Cardiology · Merrillville, IN	11	41
AZODO, MICHAEL	11	13

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history