Faisal Alex Sayeed, M.D.

45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician in 2024

959 Medicare Part D claims for 240 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,750 among the 2,982 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 392 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Oxycodone Hcl194 claims
2. Gabapentin103 claims
3. Meloxicam99 claims
4. Ketorolac Tromethamine54 claims
5. Celecoxib48 claims
6. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen44 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 70.2 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $42.50

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. The 2,789 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,225.41 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 3 group practices

1. Agape Physical Therapy And Sports Rehabilitation LPForest Hill, MD
2. Anesthesia Services PANewark, DE
3. Nova Interventional Pain ManagementEdgewood, MD

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).