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Dr. Bassam Altajar, MD
NPI1013945815PAC ID1456495399
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,644
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 669
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,519
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Practice address
- 425 Nursing Home Dr, Arcadia, FL 34266
- Practice phone
- Call (863) 993-2966
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Arcadia Medical Associates PA
Arcadia, Florida
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Dr. Bassam Altajar is a cardiologist in Arcadia, Florida
Dr. Altajar practices at Arcadia Medical Associates PA in Arcadia, Florida.
Dr. Altajar's NPI, 1013945815, was assigned on June 29, 2006. Dr. Altajar graduated from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Altajar holds Florida license ME83500.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1013945815NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1456495399
- NPI enumeration date
- June 29, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (863) 993-2966
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 67
- Medical school graduation
- 1985
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Bassam Altajar practices at Arcadia Medical Associates PA in Arcadia, Florida
Dr. Altajar's primary practice is Arcadia Medical Associates PA, at 425 Nursing Home Dr, Arcadia, FL 34266 in Desoto County. The practice phone is (863) 993-2966.
- Arcadia Medical Associates PA425 Nursing Home Dr, Arcadia, FL 34266 · Desoto CountyPhone(863) 993-2966
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Bassam Altajar is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Altajar's primary practice is Arcadia Medical Associates PA in Arcadia, Florida. Dr. Altajar is also affiliated with DeSoto Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is MCR Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Altajar to 2 more medical groups and 1 community health center, each named with a free account.
Arcadia Medical Associates PAPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Bassam Altajar's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Altajar practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Arcadia Medical Associates PA | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Bassam Altajar is one of 1,709 cardiologists in Florida
Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Altajar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Altajar is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Altajar's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Michigan.
Specialties and state licenses
- Cardiovascular disease, FloridaPrimary
- Michigan license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists aneurysm, aortic atherosclerois, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease, chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease and heart blockage among the conditions Dr. Altajar treats.
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Bassam Altajar billed Medicare for 2,644 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,644 Medicare services from Dr. Altajar across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 669 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $199,905 for them.
Medicare services, 20242,644
Medicare patients669
Paid by Medicare$199,905
Procedure codes15
Dr. Altajar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,1532024: 1,48829%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,3432024: 1,15614%
Where Dr. Altajar's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2,22884%
- In a facility41616%
Dr. Altajar compared with the Florida median for cardiologists, 2024
- Dr. Altajar
- Florida median
- Medicare services
- 2,644vs 1,92537% above
- Medicare patients
- 669vs 7065% below
- Part D claims
- 3,113vs 1,99856% above
Medians across 1,638 cardiologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Altajar's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Bassam Altajar treated 669 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77
CMS counts 669 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Altajar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 308 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.53, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Altajar's median patient age at 75, with 51% women.
Medicare patients, 2024669
Average age77
Average risk score1.53
Also on Medicaid9%
Dr. Altajar's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Altajar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women35052%
- Men31948%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Altajar's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease51%
- Arthritis46%
- Chronic kidney disease43%
- Diabetes41%
- Atrial fibrillation35%
- COPD33%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Altajar's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 75
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women51%
- Men49%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Bassam Altajar wrote 3,519 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Altajar wrote 3,519 Medicare Part D claims for 603 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,113 of them, across 60 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $466,474 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,101 claims across 57 drugs.
Part D claims, 20243,519
Drugs named by CMS60
Total drug cost$466,474
Part D patients603
Dr. Altajar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,948 claims84%
- Brand-name and other571 claims16%
Dr. Altajar's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Altajar's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics0%17 of 3,519 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 3,1012024: 3,113No change
Drugs named by CMS: 60 in 2024, 57 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Bassam Altajar scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Altajar for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Altajar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Bassam Altajar has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Altajar. Dr. Altajar's most frequent co-author is Najib Michael Alturk, MD.
Papers1
Dr. Altajar's most frequent co-authors
- Najib Michael Alturk, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Altajar
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Bassam Altajar received $5,257 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 155 general payments to Dr. Altajar from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 75% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $2,133.
General payments to Dr. Altajar by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Altajar by kind, 2016 to 2025
$5.3Kin total
- Food and beverage$3,91975%
- Travel and lodging$1,29825%
- Education$401%
Companies that paid Dr. Altajar the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Bassam Altajar has 1 award and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Altajar.
Awards and honors for Dr. Altajar
- Undated
- ACC Fellow
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Bassam Altajar graduated from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Altajar graduated from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Altajar is a member of ACC and AMA.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Bassam Altajar accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers
Dr. Altajar is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- Cigna
- HCSC
- Humana
- +11 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Altajar accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO13
- Medicare12
- HMO11
- POS6
- EPO5
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Bassam Altajar's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Bassam Altajar's NPI number?
Dr. Bassam Altajar's NPI number is 1013945815. It was assigned on June 29, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Bassam Altajar?
Dr. Bassam Altajar is a cardiologist in Arcadia, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).
Where does Dr. Bassam Altajar practice?
Dr. Altajar practices at 425 Nursing Home Dr, Arcadia, FL 34266. Dr. Altajar's primary practice is Arcadia Medical Associates PA in Arcadia, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Altajar to 2 medical groups and 1 community health center.
What is Dr. Bassam Altajar's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Altajar is (863) 993-2966.
What is Dr. Bassam Altajar's medical license number?
Dr. Altajar holds Florida license ME83500, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Bassam Altajar been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Altajar in Florida (2001 to 2026) and Michigan (1996 to 1997).
Which hospitals is Dr. Bassam Altajar affiliated with?
Dr. Altajar is affiliated with DeSoto Memorial Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Bassam Altajar part of?
Dr. Altajar is linked to MCR Health. Dmand AI links Dr. Altajar to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Bassam Altajar accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Altajar billed Medicare for 2,644 services in 2024, and Dr. Altajar accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Bassam Altajar's MIPS score?
Dr. Altajar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Bassam Altajar see?
CMS counts 669 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Altajar in 2024, with an average age of 77.
Is Dr. Bassam Altajar board certified?
Yes. Dr. Altajar is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Bassam Altajar bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Altajar's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), heart test or procedure (93306) and heart test or procedure (93016).
Where did Dr. Bassam Altajar go to medical school?
Dr. Altajar graduated from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine in 1985.
What drugs does Dr. Bassam Altajar prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Altajar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Metoprolol Succinate, Rosuvastatin Calcium and Atorvastatin Calcium.
Has Dr. Bassam Altajar received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $5,257 in general payments to Dr. Altajar from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Boston Scientific Corporation.
How long has Dr. Bassam Altajar been practicing?
Dr. Altajar graduated from medical school in 1985, 41 years ago.
Does Dr. Bassam Altajar do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Altajar.
Who does Dr. Bassam Altajar publish with?
Dr. Altajar's most frequent co-authors are Najib Michael Alturk, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Bassam Altajar accept?
Dr. Altajar is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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