Dr. Vivek Variar, MD

Dr. Variar practices at Cmu Health - Houghton in Saginaw, Michigan.

Dr. Variar's NPI, 1942430574, was assigned on July 16, 2009. Dr. Variar holds Michigan license 4301092103.

Dr. Variar's primary practice is Cmu Health - Houghton, at 1000 Houghton St, Saginaw, MI 48602 in Saginaw County. The practice phone is (989) 746-7500.

Dr. Variar's primary practice is Cmu Health - Houghton in Saginaw, Michigan. Dr. Variar is also affiliated with Covenant Medical Center Harrison. The medical group on file is CMU Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Variar to 4 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Variar practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism is Dr. Variar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RE0101X. Dr. Variar is licensed in Michigan.

CMS data shows 639 Medicare services from Dr. Variar across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 216 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $31,360 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 216 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Variar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 95 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.97, 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. Variar's median patient age at 65, with 64% women.

In 2024, Dr. Variar wrote 2,720 Medicare Part D claims for 445 patients. 31% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,466 of them, across 49 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,336,579 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,133 claims across 47 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Variar for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Variar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Variar as offering telehealth.

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Variar from 2 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $101.