Treatment Tracker
The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B
This database was last updated in December 2017. It should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data is available via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ lookup tool.
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $444 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 4 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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Note: About 77% of this provider’s Medicare payments were for drugs administered in his office.
This is intended to reimburse the provider for purchasing the drugs, plus an additional percentage for overhead.
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 34 different services in 2015
(17 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 |
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EYEService Code: 67028Performed in an office |
3,168 times performed, 25% of his services |
1st 4th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
352 patients got this service, 53% of his patients |
9 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 4.2) |
$2,059,200.00an average of $650.00 per time performed |
$227,810.88 an average of $71.91 per time performed |
MEDICINEService Code: 92134Performed in an office |
3,032 times performed, 24% of his services |
2nd 3rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
546 patients got this service, 81% of his patients |
5.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.2) |
$212,240.00an average of $70.00 per time performed |
$96,599.52 an average of $31.86 per time performed |
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Service Code: J0178 Performed in an office |
2,767 times performed, 22% of his services |
3rd 12th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
156 patients got this service, 23% of his patients |
8.9 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 4.1) |
$3,182,050.00an average of $1,150.00 per time performed |
$2,126,467.17 an average of $768.51 per time performed |
DRUGSService Code: J3590Performed in an office |
1,688 times performed, 13% of his services |
4th 9th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
214 patients got this service, 32% of his patients |
7.9 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 3.6) |
$112,944.08an average of $66.91 per time performed |
$66,270.88 an average of $39.26 per time performed |
MEDICINEEye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, ... + Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient × Service Code: 92012Performed in an office |
1,521 times performed, 12% of his services |
5th 8th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
486 patients got this service, 73% of his patients |
3.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.6) |
$155,142.00an average of $102.00 per time performed |
$91,183.95 an average of $59.95 per time performed |
MEDICINEExamination of retinal blood vessels by ophthalmoscope Service Code: 92235Performed in an office |
147 times performed, 1% of his services |
6th 23rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
84 patients got this service, 13% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$42,559.44an average of $289.52 per time performed |
$11,682.09 an average of $79.47 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes × Service Code: 99214Performed in an office |
90 times performed, 0.7% of his services |
7th 7th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
77 patients got this service, 11% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$15,120.00an average of $168.00 per time performed |
$6,857.10 an average of $76.19 per time performed |
ANESTHESIAAnesthesia for retinal surgery Service Code: 00145Performed in a facility |
89 times performed, 0.69% of his services |
8th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in IN perform this service |
80 patients got this service, 12% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$65,754.98an average of $738.82 per time performed |
$12,088.87 an average of $135.83 per time performed |
DRUGSInjection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specif... + Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg × Service Code: J3301Performed in an office |
49 times performed, 0.38% of his services |
9th 48th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
17 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
2.9 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.7) |
$1,960.00an average of $40.00 per time performed |
$66.64 an average of $1.36 per time performed |
EYERemoval of membrane from the retina Service Code: 67041Performed in a facility |
39 times performed, 0.3% of his services |
10th 89th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
38 patients got this service, 6% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$158,145.00an average of $4,055.00 per time performed |
$33,986.16 an average of $871.44 per time performed |
EYELaser destruction of retinal growth, 1 or more sessions Service Code: 67210Performed in an office |
31 times performed, 0.24% of his services |
11th 50th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
21 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$69,836.80an average of $2,252.80 per time performed |
$11,862.15 an average of $382.65 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 4... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes × Service Code: 99204Performed in an office |
25 times performed, 0.19% of his services |
12th 13th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
25 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$5,650.00an average of $226.00 per time performed |
$3,088.00 an average of $123.52 per time performed |
EYERemoval of eye fluid (vitreous) between the lens and retina + Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between the lens and retina × Service Code: 67036Performed in a facility |
20 times performed, 0.16% of his services |
13th 86th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$23,082.60an average of $1,154.13 per time performed |
$13,372.60 an average of $668.63 per time performed |
EYERemoval of membrane from the retina, pars plana approach + Removal of membrane from the retina, pars plana approach × Service Code: 67042Performed in a facility |
19 times performed, 0.15% of his services |
14th 90th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$97,080.50an average of $5,109.50 per time performed |
$16,039.99 an average of $844.21 per time performed |
EYELaser destruction of eye fluid (vitreous) between the len... + Laser destruction of eye fluid (vitreous) between the lens and retina × Service Code: 67040Performed in a facility |
19 times performed, 0.15% of his services |
15th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in IN perform this service |
18 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$104,688.10an average of $5,509.90 per time performed |
$13,919.78 an average of $732.62 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 3... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes × Service Code: 99203Performed in an office |
18 times performed, 0.14% of his services |
16th 25th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
18 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$2,862.00an average of $159.00 per time performed |
$1,349.82 an average of $74.99 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 |
16 times performed, 0.12% of his services |
17th 1st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$1,632.00an average of $102.00 per time performed |
$711.36 an average of $44.46 per time performed |
Office Visits
Medicare reimburses office visits using a five-point scale, with five being the most intensive and costly. The chart below shows what percentage of this provider’s office visits were reimbursed at each level. A higher than average proportion of costly visits is not necessarily an indication of a problem, but it may be worth asking about.
This provider did not bill Medicare for any 5’s.
Gohar A Salam
Average for Ophthalmology Providers in Indiana
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.