What is Farah Shams's specialty?

Farah Shams (NPI 1982823258) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Greenvale, NY.

Where does Farah Shams practice?

Farah Shams practices in Greenvale, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982823258.

How much does Medicare pay Farah Shams?

Farah Shams (NPI 1982823258) received approximately $194K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 980 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982823258

Farah ShamsMD

PRACTICENORTH SHORE INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONSULTANTS, PCSee all providers at this practice →

Infectious DiseaseGreenvale, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,388

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,120

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$192K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 549 Infectious Disease providers in NY — top quintile (cohort median 348).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

150

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$20K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Vancomycin Hcl49 claims

Cefadroxil22 claims

Ceftriaxone Sodium21 claims

Minocycline Hcl19 claims

Ertapenem Sodium14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Farah Shams'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). 163 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL	575	1,028
David Hoch Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Roslyn, NY	493	813
GOODMAN, KENNETH	397	1,172
Kenneth Crystal Diagnostic Radiology · New Hyde Park, NY	341	802
Alan Zakheim Diagnostic Radiology · Roslyn, NY	275	631
Scott Sherman Diagnostic Radiology · Roslyn, NY	248	550
David Brieff Infectious Disease · Greenvale, NY	160	213
Alan Bulbin Infectious Disease · Greenvale, NY	153	178
SCHULHOF, NATHALIE	151	195
NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	142	269
HUNTER EMS INC.	132	177
Menachem Mandell Diagnostic Radiology · West Nyack, NY	130	262

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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