What is Amar Safdar's specialty?

Amar Safdar (NPI 1982700837) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Houston, TX.

Where does Amar Safdar practice?

Amar Safdar practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982700837.

How much does Medicare pay Amar Safdar?

Amar Safdar (NPI 1982700837) received approximately $142K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 169 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982700837

Amar SafdarM.D.

PRACTICECENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES & IMMUNOLOGY, PASee all providers at this practice →

Infectious DiseaseHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

326

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,506

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$138K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 425 Infectious Disease providers in TX — above median (cohort median 589).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

184

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$479K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Ertapenem Sodium35 claims

Daptomycin22 claims

Minocycline Hcl21 claims

Meropenem16 claims

Amikacin Liposomal/Neb.Accessr15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$60K

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$34K

Travel and Lodging$9K

Consulting Fee$8K

Honoraria$7K

Food and Beverage$1K

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$34K

Travel and Lodging$9K

Consulting Fee$8K

Honoraria$7K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Amar Safdar'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). 14 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ALBERT, ROBIN	26	251
Derek Mason Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	24	87
Justin Ream Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	21	63
Geraldine Brusca-Augello Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	20	182
NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS	20	106
Francis Girvin Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	20	126
Charles Love Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Baltimore, MD	19	64
Jane Ko Diagnostic Radiology · New York, NY	18	123
Seniorcare Emergency Medical Services Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Bronx, NY	17	50
Lewis Teperman General Surgery · New York, NY	15	49
James Park Gastroenterology · New York, NY	14	42
Judith Benstein Internal Medicine · New York, NY	14	68

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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