What is James Schuster's specialty?

James Schuster (NPI 1932136868) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurosurgery in Philadelphia, PA.

Where does James Schuster practice?

James Schuster practices in Philadelphia, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1932136868.

How much does Medicare pay James Schuster?

James Schuster (NPI 1932136868) received approximately $192K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 283 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1932136868

James SchusterMD

PRACTICEUNIV OF PENN-NEUROSURGERYSee all providers at this practice →

NeurosurgeryPhiladelphia, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

390

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

438

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$87K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 265 Neurosurgery providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 342).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.9

Quality

73.6

Cost

76.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.42%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$4K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$3K

Travel and Lodging$824

Top paying entities

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$3K

Travel and Lodging$824

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Schuster'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). 15 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH S	179	706
Seth Glick Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	37	101
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	21	88
CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL	18	89
Joel Stein Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	16	29
Stephen Thom Emergency Medicine · Philadelphia, PA	15	23
John Kneeland Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	15	37
Ronald Wolf Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	14	31
Madhura Desai Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	14	32
KIM, SUNG	14	29
Jason Walls Anesthesiology · Philadelphia, PA	13	40
Eduardo Mortani Barbosa Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	12	32

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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