What is Burhan Chinikhanwala's specialty?

Burhan Chinikhanwala (NPI 1871553982) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in Bullhead City, AZ.

Where does Burhan Chinikhanwala practice?

Burhan Chinikhanwala practices in Bullhead City, AZ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1871553982.

How much does Medicare pay Burhan Chinikhanwala?

Burhan Chinikhanwala (NPI 1871553982) received approximately $1.5M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 928 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871553982

Burhan ChinikhanwalaMD

RheumatologyBullhead City, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,934

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

49,559

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.3M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 71 Rheumatology providers in AZ — above median (cohort median 9,320).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,007

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.9M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate1,760 claims

Methotrexate Sodium908 claims

Prednisone557 claims

Leflunomide302 claims

Alendronate Sodium180 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.6

Quality

81.3

Cost

93.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.66%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Burhan Chinikhanwala'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). 62 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BULLHEAD CITY HOSPITAL CORPORATION	270	774
KINGMAN HEALTHCARE, INC	152	740
Michael Proctor Dermatology · Bullhead City, AZ	89	200
Aldo Ruffolo Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, IL	85	200
Neal Clinger Diagnostic Radiology · Idaho Falls, ID	79	162
Javed Malik Internal Medicine · Bullhead City, AZ	76	337
Daniel Schickner Ophthalmology · Bullhead City, AZ	64	154
Anees Arshad Pulmonary Disease · Las Vegas, NV	63	201
PARK, HYO-JONG	47	142
Christopher Porter Interventional Radiology · Kingman, AZ	44	105
Richard Hendrix Family Practice · Fort Mohave, AZ	43	175
Ricardo Alfafara Cardiology · Bullhead City, AZ	43	103

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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