What is Waqar Cheema's specialty?

Waqar Cheema (NPI 1902888332) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Norwood, MA.

Where does Waqar Cheema practice?

Waqar Cheema practices in Norwood, MA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1902888332.

How much does Medicare pay Waqar Cheema?

Waqar Cheema (NPI 1902888332) received approximately $201K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 777 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1902888332

Waqar CheemaMD

CardiologyNorwood, MAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,915

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,419

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$196K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 693 Cardiology providers in MA — above median (cohort median 1,819).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,497

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$971K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

21.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate979 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium771 claims

Amlodipine Besylate541 claims

Apixaban522 claims

Furosemide379 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$278

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$278

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$278

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Waqar 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). 101 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts Llc Clinical Laboratory · Marlborough, MA	594	1,382
Jeffrey Potter Diagnostic Radiology · Warwick, RI	268	456
John Kinch Cardiology · Norwood, MA	211	383
Christopher Baker Diagnostic Radiology · Worcester, MA	199	330
SEMINE, SAMIR	189	284
Kevin Loughlin Diagnostic Radiology · Norwood, MA	188	304
Adrian Pieleanu Internal Medicine · Walpole, MA	153	230
Michael Regan Emergency Medicine · Norwood, MA	146	266
Samuel Kim Emergency Medicine · Norwood, MA	139	247
Henry Rosenkranz Emergency Medicine · Norwood, MA	136	195
QUICK, GREGORY	123	181
Peter Dimatteo Emergency Medicine · Norwood, MA	123	194

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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