PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1922097443

Howard AltmanMD

PathologyAllentown, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,196

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

8,808

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$476K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 593 Pathology providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 1,465).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

334

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$32K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

13.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Tamsulosin Hcl181 claims

Mirabegron45 claims

Finasteride36 claims

Ciprofloxacin Hcl24 claims

Methenamine Hippurate13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.0

Quality

93.3

Cost

90.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

92.0

Payment adjustment

0.76%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$520

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$520

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Altman'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). 51 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Anthony Gust Dermatology · Allentown, PA	279	422
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL	269	392
SOSIS, ARTHUR	166	227
Michael Wassel Physician Assistant · Allentown, PA	159	190
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	115	183
Heather Davis Physician Assistant · Allentown, PA	108	132
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	104	149
LEVIN, MARC	101	146
CH HOSPITAL OF ALLENTOWN, LLC	99	193
Jane Mason Nurse Practitioner · Allentown, PA	89	106
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL SCHUYLKILL	57	84
SCHUYLKILL MEDICAL CENTER - EAST NORWEIGAN STREET	56	112

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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