What is Saul Schaefer's specialty?

Saul Schaefer (NPI 1982686978) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Sacramento, CA.

Where does Saul Schaefer practice?

Saul Schaefer practices in Sacramento, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982686978.

How much does Medicare pay Saul Schaefer?

Saul Schaefer (NPI 1982686978) received approximately $82K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 2,903 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982686978

Saul SchaeferM.D.

CardiologySacramento, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,425

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,242

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$76K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 2,371).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

441

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$126K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium43 claims

Apixaban41 claims

Metoprolol Succinate36 claims

Spironolactone36 claims

Furosemide33 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

83.2

Quality

64.8

Cost

68.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.34%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$16K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$15K

Food and Beverage$611

Travel and Lodging$57

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$15K

Food and Beverage$611

Travel and Lodging$57

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Saul Schaefer'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). 153 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
John Livoni Diagnostic Radiology · Rolling Hills Estates, CA	311	575
Patricia Takeda Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	309	769
Scott Evans Diagnostic Radiology · Wheat Ridge, CO	234	572
Friedrich Knollmann Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	231	527
Dali Fan Undefined Physician type · Sacramento, CA	220	484
Cyrus Bateni Diagnostic Radiology · Sacramento, CA	189	379
Sandhya Venugopal Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	176	382
BOMMER, WILLIAM	175	489
Garrett Wong Interventional Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	157	424
Elizabeth Moore Diagnostic Radiology · Sacramento, CA	157	241
Thomas Smith Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	120	324
Jason Rogers Interventional Cardiology · Sacramento, CA	91	344

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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