Faris George Araj, M.D.

29% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician in 2024

1,400 Medicare Part D claims for 259 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,965 among the 1,124 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Entresto94 claims
2. Metoprolol Succinate84 claims
3. Spironolactone80 claims
4. Jardiance63 claims
5. Carvedilol60 claims
6. Atorvastatin Calcium58 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): 74.6 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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

1. University OF Texas Southwestern Medical Center AT DallasFrisco, TX

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