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2026 NPPES data Surgical Critical Care Physician NPI 1548208135 MD
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Surgical Critical Care Physician in Hackensack, New Jersey.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 1,468 in Surgical Critical Care Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
94
Medicare Part D claims · 41 beneficiaries · Surgical Critical Care Physician avg: 86
Generic prescribing
88%
generic claims · 12% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
75/100
▼ 8 pts below national avg 83.1 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$6.0K
85 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2023
Compiled from official public sources by the PlainDoctor editorial team.
What the federal data shows
Saraswati Dayal, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 75/100 - below the 83.1 national average - and filed 94 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.
- 75/100
- MIPS score · -8 vs avg
- 94
- Part D claims, 2023
- 88%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Saraswati Dayal, MD's MIPS score vs every scored U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure
75 15th percentile higher than 15% of 477,587 scored providers
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Saraswati Dayal, MD sits
This provider among surgical critical care physician peers
Across the 192 surgical critical care physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Saraswati Dayal, MD writes more Part D claims than 88% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 6% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile
Each dot is one surgical critical care physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Saraswati Dayal, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Saraswati Dayal, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Saraswati Dayal, MD?
Below national averagePrimary specialty
Surgical Critical Care Physician
Medicare Part D claims
94 9% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
75/100 8.1 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in New Jersey
How Surgical Critical Care Physician compares to other specialties among New Jersey providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Saraswati Dayal, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Surgical Critical Care Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 75/100
- vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year
MIPS final score (Surgical Critical Care Physician) - 75/100 vs national avg 83.1
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Saraswati Dayal, MD appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Surgical Critical Care Physician provider holding MD credentials at 5 SUMMIT AVE, Hackensack, NJ, 07601, with a listed phone of (201) 996-2900. NPI 1548208135 was issued on 06/03/2006.
Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 94 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 41 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $21K in drug spend, split 12% brand-name and 88% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 11.7%. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 75/100 for the 2023 performance year, compared with the national average of 83.1.
Surgical Critical Care Physician is a narrow specialty nationwide, with 1,468 enrolled providers across 53 states and an average of 86 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline.
Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist, always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1548208135 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Surgical Critical Care Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 06/03/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
75
Final Score
Avg: 83.1
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Saraswati Dayal, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Ccmma NJ LLC
Somers Point, NJ
Hackensack Surgery And Wound Care LLC
Hackensack, NJ
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Saraswati Dayal, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$6.0K
Largest payer
ConvaTec Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Saraswati Dayal, MD - brand share 12.0%
Surgical Critical Care Physician average
12% brand-name claims vs 88% generic, on 94 2023 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.
94
Total Claims
$21K
Total Drug Cost
41
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 115
- Total Day Supply
- 2,251
- Brand vs Generic
- 12% brand / 88% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $19K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $2K
- Opioid Claims
- 11 (11.7% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 33
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 75.1 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.76
- Gender Split
- 73% female / 27% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Carvedilol | 11 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Surgical Critical Care Physician Overview
How Saraswati Dayal, MD fits within the Surgical Critical Care Physician landscape nationally.
1,468
Surgical Critical Care Physician Providers in US
53
States with Surgical Critical Care Physician
86
Avg Claims per Provider
Saraswati Dayal, MD's 94 claims are above the specialty average of 86.
Nearby Surgical Critical Care Physician Providers in New Jersey
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New Jersey, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Dayal.
Dr. Charles Adams
MD
Hackensack, NJ
Dr. Nasim Ahmed
MD
Neptune, NJ
Dr. Devashish Anjaria
M.D.
Newark, NJ
Dr. Alexander Axelrad
MD
Atlantic City, NJ
Dr. Gustavo Bauza
MD
New Brunswick, NJ
Compare Surgical Critical Care Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Before you book an appointment
Use this federal record as your verification checklist, not as a recommendation.
- Confirm the NPI record is current in the official CMS registry, providers update their own NPPES details, and moves can lag. Verify this NPI
- Check the active license and any disciplinary history with the New Jersey medical board, federal registration is not a license check. Credential verification guide
- Weigh a second option: compare this provider with a nearby Surgical Critical Care Physician peer on Medicare volume and prescribing patterns. Compare providers
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Saraswati Dayal, MD's specialty? ▼
Saraswati Dayal, MD specializes in Surgical Critical Care Physician and practices in Hackensack, New Jersey. Credentials: MD.
How much does Saraswati Dayal, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Saraswati Dayal, MD wrote 94 Medicare Part D claims totaling $21K in drug costs for 41 beneficiaries.
What is Saraswati Dayal, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Saraswati Dayal, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 75/100. The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Saraswati Dayal, MD located? ▼
Saraswati Dayal, MD is located at 5 SUMMIT AVE, Hackensack, NJ, 07601. Phone: (201) 996-2900.
What is Saraswati Dayal, MD's NPI number? ▼
Saraswati Dayal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548208135, issued on 06/03/2006.
Does Saraswati Dayal, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Saraswati Dayal, MD's prescribing is 12% brand-name and 88% generic drugs by claim count, with $19K in brand drug costs.
Does Saraswati Dayal, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Saraswati Dayal, MD had 11 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 11.7%.
How many Surgical Critical Care Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 1,468 Surgical Critical Care Physician providers across 53 states in the US. The average Surgical Critical Care Physician provider writes 86 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Saraswati Dayal, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Saraswati Dayal, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Carvedilol. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Saraswati Dayal, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Saraswati Dayal, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 94 Part D claims and 41 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Saraswati Dayal, MD's credentials? ▼
Saraswati Dayal, MD's NPI is 1548208135 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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