What is Walter Kwass's specialty?

Walter Kwass (NPI 1972585008) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Vascular Surgery in Daly City, CA.

Where does Walter Kwass practice?

Walter Kwass practices in Daly City, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972585008.

How much does Medicare pay Walter Kwass?

Walter Kwass (NPI 1972585008) received approximately $13K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 42 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972585008

Walter KwassM.D.

Vascular SurgeryDaly City, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

154

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$9K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 399 Vascular Surgery providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 763).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Walter Kwass'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). 24 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
STEWARD HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL, INC.	227	12,224
Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts Llc Clinical Laboratory · Marlborough, MA	50	423
Stewart Hou Diagnostic Radiology · Lawrence, MA	23	102
Dipti Lenhart Diagnostic Radiology · Lawrence, MA	23	188
Alexander Matolcsy Emergency Medicine · Palmer, MA	22	107
Joseph Gross Infectious Disease · Newburyport, MA	19	197
Sunny Srivastava Cardiology · Haverhill, MA	19	87
Steven Crespo Emergency Medicine · Methuen, MA	19	74
SALZMAN, LINDA	18	56
BILAZARIAN, SETH	18	240
Bryan Suchecki Diagnostic Radiology · Newburyport, MA	16	65
Michael Kutka Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Newburyport, MA	15	325

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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