What is Joseph Chammas's specialty?

Joseph Chammas (NPI 1902888522) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Thoracic Surgery in San Diego, CA.

Where does Joseph Chammas practice?

Joseph Chammas practices in San Diego, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1902888522.

How much does Medicare pay Joseph Chammas?

Joseph Chammas (NPI 1902888522) received approximately $713K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 283 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1902888522

Joseph ChammasM.D.

PRACTICESHARP HEALTHCARESee all providers at this practice →

Thoracic SurgerySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

482

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,014

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$81K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 222 Thoracic Surgery providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 226).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

103

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$46K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Collagenase Clostridium Hist.33 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen30 claims

Apixaban23 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate17 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

78.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$379

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$379

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$379

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Chammas'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). 87 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	728	1,670
LOW, RUSSELL	184	423
Neeraj Panchal Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	180	339
Shanoe Cutts Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	139	315
Christopher Sebrechts Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	126	238
Scott Boles Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	124	226
Nathaniel Chuang Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	123	223
PUCKETT, MICHAEL	108	197
Hirsch Mehta Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · San Diego, CA	104	454
Brian Jaski Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · San Diego, CA	96	431
Raghava Gollapudi Interventional Cardiology · San Diego, CA	94	429
GOODMAN, ALLAN	85	224

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.

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