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.
This Provider: At A Glance
We aren’t showing our typical comparisons because this provider had an address in a different state in 2015.
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 89 different services in 2015
(69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYCreatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle in... + Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury × Service Code: 82570Performed in an office |
260 times performed, 11% of his services |
1st
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
44 patients got this service, 32% of his patients |
5.9 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$3,159.00an average of $12.15 per time performed |
$1,794.00 an average of $6.90 per time performed |
PROCEDURESDrug screen, qualitative; multiple drug classes by high c... + Drug screen, qualitative; multiple drug classes by high complexity test method (e.g., immunoassay, enzyme assay), per patient encounter × Service Code: G0431Performed in an office |
247 times performed, 11% of his services |
2nd
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
29 patients got this service, 21% of his patients |
8.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$38,788.88an average of $157.04 per time performed |
$19,241.30 an average of $77.90 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 83986Performed in an office |
246 times performed, 11% of his services |
3rd
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
29 patients got this service, 21% of his patients |
8.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$2,706.00an average of $11.00 per time performed |
$1,173.42 an average of $4.77 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYChemical analysis using spectrophotometry (light) Service Code: 84311Performed in an office |
246 times performed, 11% of his services |
4th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
29 patients got this service, 21% of his patients |
8.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$5,166.00an average of $21.00 per time performed |
$2,120.52 an average of $8.62 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYSpecific gravity (liquid weight) measurement Service Code: 84315Performed in an office |
246 times performed, 11% of his services |
5th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
29 patients got this service, 21% of his patients |
8.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$2,214.00an average of $9.00 per time performed |
$824.10 an average of $3.35 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 |
208 times performed, 9% of his services |
6th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
48 patients got this service, 35% of his patients |
4.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$24,098.88an average of $115.86 per time performed |
$12,376.00 an average of $59.50 per time performed |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMInsertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample + Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample × Service Code: 36415Performed in an office |
96 times performed, 4% of his services |
7th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
58 patients got this service, 42% of his patients |
1.7 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$632.64an average of $6.59 per time performed |
$282.24 an average of $2.94 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 81025Performed in an office |
84 times performed, 4% of his services |
8th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
14 patients got this service, 10% of his patients |
6 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$1,260.00an average of $15.00 per time performed |
$708.96 an average of $8.44 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 |
75 times performed, 3% of his services |
9th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
58 patients got this service, 42% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$10,797.00an average of $143.96 per time performed |
$5,073.75 an average of $67.65 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYBlood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) Service Code: 80061Performed in an office |
50 times performed, 2% of his services |
10th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
42 patients got this service, 31% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$1,370.00an average of $27.40 per time performed |
$744.50 an average of $14.89 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 83036Performed in an office |
32 times performed, 1% of his services |
11th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
25 patients got this service, 18% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$536.00an average of $16.75 per time performed |
$414.40 an average of $12.95 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 82565Performed in an office |
24 times performed, 1% of his services |
12th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
22 patients got this service, 16% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$227.04an average of $9.46 per time performed |
$96.72 an average of $4.03 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYBlood test, basic group of blood chemicals Service Code: 80048Performed in an office |
24 times performed, 1% of his services |
13th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
19 patients got this service, 14% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$373.92an average of $15.58 per time performed |
$212.40 an average of $8.85 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYBlood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) Service Code: 84443Performed in an office |
22 times performed, 0.96% of his services |
14th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
17 patients got this service, 12% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$713.90an average of $32.45 per time performed |
$493.02 an average of $22.41 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 84460Performed in an office |
21 times performed, 0.92% of his services |
15th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
19 patients got this service, 14% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$186.90an average of $8.90 per time performed |
$87.78 an average of $4.18 per time performed |
PROCEDURESAnnual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention... + Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit × Service Code: G0439Performed in an office |
19 times performed, 0.83% of his services |
16th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
19 patients got this service, 14% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$2,778.94an average of $146.26 per time performed |
$2,358.85 an average of $124.15 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYUrine microalbumin (protein) level Service Code: 82043Performed in an office |
15 times performed, 0.66% of his services |
17th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
15 patients got this service, 11% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$148.05an average of $9.87 per time performed |
$108.00 an average of $7.20 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 82947Performed in an office |
15 times performed, 0.66% of his services |
18th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
14 patients got this service, 10% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$109.95an average of $7.33 per time performed |
$55.65 an average of $3.71 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 84132Performed in an office |
14 times performed, 0.61% of his services |
19th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
13 patients got this service, 9% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$134.96an average of $9.64 per time performed |
$56.28 an average of $4.02 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 |
11 times performed, 0.48% of his services |
20th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MA perform this service |
11 patients got this service, 8% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$2,912.03an average of $264.73 per time performed |
$1,293.82 an average of $117.62 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.
Melvin Nemkov
Average for Internal Medicine Providers in Massachusetts
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.