PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982848099

Andrew WassefM.D.

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Orthopedic SurgeryLakewood, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,794

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

8,053

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$324K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,921 Orthopedic Surgery providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,100).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

708

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$42K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Celecoxib133 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen101 claims

Cephalexin82 claims

Meloxicam63 claims

Amoxicillin41 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

2.1

Cost

67.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$284K

Payment records

168

By payment type

Consulting Fee$140K

Royalty or License$103K

Travel and Lodging$36K

Food and Beverage$5K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$140K

Royalty or License$103K

Travel and Lodging$36K

Food and Beverage$5K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Andrew Wassef'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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	113	273
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	35	119
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER	22	119
WALUCH, VICTOR	20	73
Ezzat Wassef Orthopaedic Surgery · Lakewood, CA	15	33
Alfred Yamamoto Pathology · Lakewood, CA	11	21
Shivanand Pole Internal Medicine · Los Alamitos, CA	11	27

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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