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Suhail Alam (NPI 1316922818)

Field	Value
Entity Type	Individual
Organization	Suhail Alam
Address	4800 N 22nd St
City	Phoenix
State	AZ
ZIP	85016
Taxonomy	Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician
NPI Enumerated	December 7, 2005

Payer Source	Total Paid
Medicare	$2.5M
Medicaid	$0

Key Findings

This provider is a retina specialist whose Medicare billing profile is dominated by intravitreal drug therapy and related retina procedures; the top three revenue-driving codes are J2777 ($495.6K), Q5128 ($468.1K), and Q5124 ($338.1K), and those three codes together account for 51.8% of this provider's total Medicare revenue. The high absolute revenues tied to these product-specific J/Q codes indicate the practice’s primary service line is medical retina with frequent administration of intravitreal biologics and biosimilars.

Revenue concentration is material: top-3 Medicare codes represent 51.8% of total Medicare revenue, and the provider’s lifetime Medicare revenue totals $2.5M. That concentration signals financial dependence on repeated injectable therapies (and their reimbursement) rather than a broader mix of lower-revenue services.

Payer mix is effectively single-payer: the record shows $2.5M in lifetime Medicare revenue and no Medicaid billing on file, so the practice operates with Medicare as the only public-payer source captured in this dataset. This absence of Medicaid activity suggests either a Medicare-focused panel or billing relationships that do not include state Medicaid in the available data.

Competitive standing varies by service: for key biologic/biosimilar injections the provider sits at mid-to-high national percentiles — J2777 ranks #607 of 2039 (70th percentile), Q5128 ranks #61 of 373 (84th percentile), and Q5124 ranks #10 of 122 (92th percentile) — indicating typical to above-typical national volume for these drugs and a particularly strong relative position for Q5124. At the same time some high-revenue codes are more modest nationally (J0178 ranks in the 37th percentile), so the provider is a major participant for certain biosimilars but not uniformly across all branded biologics.

The practice shows unusually high procedural and visit volumes on selected measures: 67036 (vitrectomy) is an extreme outlier, ranking #11 of 832 providers (99th percentile) with $65.5K revenue, and 99214 office visits are an extreme outlier as well, ranking #9430 of 479517 providers (98th percentile) with $95.1K revenue. These two findings together suggest a mixed practice model that pairs high-frequency medical retina visits and injections with a notable volume of surgical retina procedures.

Imaging and diagnostic services are also a meaningful component of care: 92134 (retinal imaging/OCT) generated $62.6K and ranks #838 of 26868 providers (97th percentile), which is notably above typical national volume. High imaging volume is consistent with active management of retinal disease and supports the billing profile concentrated on recurring intravitreal treatments.

Drug-billing patterns show reliance on both specific HCPCS drug codes and occasional unclassified/compounded codes: J3490 (unclassified drugs) produced $79.6K (37th percentile) with a high $1768 avg paid/claim, and J7999 (compounded drug) produced $29.3K (85th percentile). The presence of these codes alongside branded and biosimilar J/Q codes suggests a mix of billed medication types and occasional use of nonstandard or compounded agents in addition to mainstream intravitreal biologics.

Tenure is long-standing: the NPI was enumerated on 2005-12-07 (~21 years ago), indicating an established practice history in Phoenix, AZ that is likely to have mature referral patterns and patient panels consistent with the sustained Medicare revenue profile observed.

Medicare: Complete Services Breakdown

The CPT/HCPCS codes generating the most Medicare revenue for this provider.

28 rows

CPT/HCPCS Code	Description	Claims	Avg Paid	Revenue
J2777	Injection, faricimab‑svoa, 0.1 mg	17,700	$30	$495.6K
Q5128	Injection, ranibizumab-eqrn (cimerli), biosimilar, 0.1 mg	2,160	$220	$468.1K
Q5124	Injection, ranibizumab-nuna, biosimilar, (byooviz), 0.1 mg	1,910	$180	$338.1K
J0178	Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg	440	$700	$309K
67028	The provider injects a medication into the vitreous chamber of the eye as an isolated procedure or a separate procedure unrelated to any other procedure being performed on the eye.	1,520	$100	$145.7K
J0179	Injection, brolucizumab-dbll, 1 mg	430	$250	$105.6K
99214	The provider sees an established patient for an office visit or other outpatient visit involving evaluation and management. The visit involves a moderate level of medical decision making, and/or the…	1,080	$90	$95.1K
J3490	Unclassified drugs	50	$1,770	$79.6K
J2781	Injection, pegcetacoplan, intravitreal, 1 mg	560	$120	$66.6K
67036	The provider removes vitreous fluid from the eye to access the posterior segment of the eye and introduce surgical instruments through incisions in the pars plana.	100	$650	$65.5K

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Medicare: Competitive Analysis & Benchmarks

How this provider's Medicare billing volume and revenue compare to other providers nationally and within its state, across 28 CPT/HCPCS codes.

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Claims Volume vs. Arizona Distribution

Suhail Alam — 3 of 25 codes billed far more than typical (above p95)

p5–p95 (all providers)p25–p75MedianThis providerOutlier

Rank Distribution — Arizona

Full comparison — all codes billed, vs. state median

28 rows

CPT/HCPCS Code	Rank	Provider Count	Median Claims	Avg Paid	Average Revenue
J0178	36	50	780	$690	$734.8K
J2777	17	50	9,000	$30	$525.8K
Q5124	1	10	1,250	$170	$209.2K
Q5128	3	20	520	$220	$207.5K
67028	27	60	1,240	$90	$119K
J2781	5	10	650	$120	$92.4K
J0179	1	10	370	$250	$76.9K
67041	6	20	30	$1,220	$51K
J7312	14	20	270	$160	$48.9K
J7999	27	50	490	$70	$46.8K

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Related Providers

Other providers that share a Tax Identification Number (TIN) with Suhail Alam, ranked by combined Medicare and Medicaid revenue.

Provider	State	Taxonomy	Medicare Revenue	Medicaid Revenue
Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center, PC	AZ	Ophthalmology Physician	$0	$10.9M
Sujit Itty	AZ	Ophthalmology Physician	$6.2M	$11.3K
Neal Palejwala	AZ	Ophthalmology Physician	$4.4M	$2.9K
Sachin Mehta	AZ	Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician	$4.4M	$11.8K
Ronald Hobbs	AZ	Ophthalmology Physician	$4.1M	$0
Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center, PC	AZ	Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center	$2.8M	$1.1M
Mahmood El-gasim	AZ	Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease (Ophthalmology) Physician	$3.7M	$0
Brendan Girschek	AZ	Ophthalmology Physician	$3.2M	$0
Mark Barakat	AZ	Ophthalmology Physician	$3M	$0
Jordan Graff	AZ	Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician	$2.8M	$0

Nearby Providers

Other providers in the same ZIP code as Suhail Alam, ranked by combined Medicare and Medicaid revenue.

Provider	State	Taxonomy	Medicare Revenue	Medicaid Revenue
Phoenix Children's Hospital	AZ	Children's Hospital	$0	$555.8M
Instant Care Of Arizona	AZ	Home Health Agency	$0	$230.5M
Phoenix Children's Hospital	AZ	Pediatrics Physician	$0	$162.4M
Bethany Ranch Home, Inc	AZ	Intellectual Disabilities Intermediate Care Facility	$0	$74.4M
Creative Innervisions LLC	AZ	Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities Residential Treatment Facility	$0	$29.7M
Stellar Home Health, LLC	AZ	In Home Supportive Care Agency	$0	$29.4M
Crossroads, Inc	AZ	Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Facility	$0	$23.9M
Thomas Road Senior Housing, Inc.	AZ	Assisted Living Facility	$0	$19.2M
Anod Care Services,inc	AZ	Behavior Analyst	$0	$14.2M
National Council On Alcoholism Greater Phoenix Area	AZ	Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center)	$0	$13.5M

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Key Findings

Medicare: Total Revenue Breakdown by CPT/HCPCS Code

Medicare: Complete Services Breakdown

Medicare: Competitive Analysis & Benchmarks

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