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The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B
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JAMES ALTIZER MD, FACPH
CHARLOTTE, NC, 28210
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $383 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 11 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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How This Provider’s Patients Compare
Doctors often say their patients are sicker or more complex than those of their peers. The measure displayed below, used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, takes into account patients’ characteristics to estimate whether they are expected to have above-average Medicare spending. It considers patients’ age, sex, diagnoses from the past year and other factors. This provider’s score below takes into account all of his Part B patients.
This Provider's Services
This provider performed 18 different services in 2015
(11 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)
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CATEGORYDescription of Service |
Times Performed (or Units) | This Service's Rank | Patients | Unique Visits Per Patient |
Billed to Medicare | Payments from Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MEDICINEUltrasound scan of veins of one arm or leg or limited inc... + Ultrasound scan of veins of one arm or leg or limited including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers × Service Code: 93971Performed in an office |
61 times performed, 22% of his services |
1st 282nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
42 patients got this service, 67% of his patients |
1.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$27,450.00an average of $450.00 per time performed |
$4,797.04 an average of $78.64 per time performed |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMInjection of chemical agent into multiple veins of same leg + Injection of chemical agent into multiple veins of same leg × Service Code: 36471Performed in an office |
32 times performed, 12% of his services |
2nd
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in NC perform this service |
27 patients got this service, 43% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$11,200.00an average of $350.00 per time performed |
$4,055.68 an average of $126.74 per time performed |
MEDICINEModerate sedation services by physician also performing a... + Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 30 minutes × Service Code: 99144Performed in an office |
32 times performed, 12% of his services |
3rd
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in NC perform this service |
23 patients got this service, 37% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$6,400.00an average of $200.00 per time performed |
$480.64 an average of $15.02 per time performed |
MEDICINEUltrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including a... + Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers × Service Code: 93970Performed in an office |
30 times performed, 11% of his services |
4th 258th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
29 patients got this service, 46% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$14,225.10an average of $474.17 per time performed |
$4,226.70 an average of $140.89 per time performed |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMLaser destruction of incompetent vein of arm or leg using... + Laser destruction of incompetent vein of arm or leg using imaging guidance, accessed through the skin × Service Code: 36478Performed in an office |
28 times performed, 10% of his services |
5th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in NC perform this service |
20 patients got this service, 32% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$98,000.00an average of $3,500.00 per time performed |
$24,777.48 an average of $884.91 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes × Service Code: 99213Performed in an office |
22 times performed, 8% of his services |
6th 4th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
18 patients got this service, 29% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.7) |
$2,090.00an average of $95.00 per time performed |
$1,117.82 an average of $50.81 per time performed |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMTying incision and/or removal of varicose vein clusters o... + Tying incision and/or removal of varicose vein clusters of leg × Service Code: 37785Performed in an office |
17 times performed, 6% of his services |
7th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in NC perform this service |
13 patients got this service, 21% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$16,150.00an average of $950.00 per time performed |
$2,445.79 an average of $143.87 per time performed |
Notes: Medicare redacted this data for any services provided to fewer than 11 patients. The contact information listed above is the most current we have for this provider. The services listed on this page may have been delivered at a previous address or as part of a different practice.
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Sources: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, American Medical Association
Services that begin with a letter come from CMS. All other codes and descriptions of the medical procedures are from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Where practical, AMA’s consumer friendly translation of the CPT descriptor was used. ProPublica has received permission from the AMA to use these codes on this site.