What is Bruce Blacker's specialty?

Bruce Blacker (NPI 1982603924) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Chicago, IL.

Where does Bruce Blacker practice?

Bruce Blacker practices in Chicago, IL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982603924.

How much does Medicare pay Bruce Blacker?

Bruce Blacker (NPI 1982603924) received approximately $40K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 185 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982603924

Bruce BlackerM.D.

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Internal MedicineChicago, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

247

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

427

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$37K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,790 Internal Medicine providers in IL — below median (cohort median 760).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,069

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$648K

Distinct drugs

118

Brand share

21.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium563 claims

Amlodipine Besylate377 claims

Lisinopril282 claims

Metformin Hcl237 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium226 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Bruce Blacker'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
City Of Chicago Ambulance Service Provider · Chicago, IL	29	91
Alam Khan Internal Medicine · Chicago, IL	27	106
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Elmhurst, IL	25	62
APEX HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE, INC.	21	56
Lowell Steen Interventional Cardiology · Maywood, IL	20	89
William Sanders Pulmonary Disease · Chicago, IL	19	117
CHAWLA, KAMAL	17	39
Lawrence Lim Emergency Medicine · Chicago, IL	17	64
C Tyson Cardiology · Chicago, IL	15	39
Benjamin Friedman Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Chicago, IL	14	70
Thomas Keane Interventional Radiology · Oak Brook, IL	14	48
LIFESCAN LABORATORY, INC.	14	80

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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