Dr. Jamil N. Bitar, MD

Dr. Bitar practices at Methodist Hospital (TX) in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Bitar's NPI, 1982633970, was assigned on July 2, 2006. Dr. Bitar graduated from American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine in 1986. Dr. Bitar holds Texas license J2498.

Dr. Bitar's primary practice is Methodist Hospital (TX), at 7700 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229 in Bexar County. The practice phone is (210) 575-4000.

Dr. Bitar's primary practice is Methodist Hospital (TX) in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Bitar is also affiliated with Methodist Hospital. The medical group on file is Uvalde Medical & Surgical Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bitar to 4 more hospitals and 1 rural health clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Bitar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Bitar's licenses on file in 3 states: Texas, Louisiana and Maryland.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease and chest pain among the conditions Dr. Bitar treats.

CMS data shows 1,981 Medicare services from Dr. Bitar across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 418 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $147,306 for them.

CMS counts 418 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bitar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 158 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 42% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.26, 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. Bitar's median patient age at 71, with 47% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bitar wrote 9,671 Medicare Part D claims for 927 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 9,159 of them, across 95 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,038,634 in total drug cost.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 30 out of 100 for Dr. Bitar for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Bitar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Bitar. The most frequent topics are Coronary Angiography, Coronary Circulation and Heart Transplantation. Dr. Bitar has published most often in Am Heart J. Dr. Bitar's most frequent co-authors are Neal S. Kleiman, MD, William Zoghbi, MD and Marcel E. Lechin, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 34 general payments to Dr. Bitar from 8 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abiomed paid the most, $427.

Dr. Bitar graduated from American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine in 1986. Dr. Bitar is a member of ACC, AHA and TMA.

Dr. Bitar is in network with 22 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.