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Compare the published Medicare service mix of Chris W Akins, MD with clinicians in the same registry specialty: Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery · Vascular Surgery (CMS).

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2024 published service data · 102 eligible profiles compared. Similarity describes billing patterns, not quality, outcomes, or suitability for your care.

Marzia Leacche, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Grand Rapids, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
100%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Kyle Miletic, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Detroit, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
78%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Sanjay Batra, MD

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Detroit, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
71%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Ramesh B. Cherukuri, MD

Cardiac Surgery (CMS) · Saginaw, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
69%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Robert Bruce Hawkins, MD, MSC

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Ann Arbor, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
65%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Jordan Groskurth, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Grand Rapids, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
61%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Bogdan Andrei Kindzelski, M.D.

Cardiac Surgery (CMS) · Royal Oak, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
60%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Franco L Fazzalari, M.D.

General Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Detroit, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
57%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Hakan Ogutcu

Cardiac Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Grand Rapids, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
57%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Jeffrey M Altshuler, MD

Cardiac Surgery (CMS) · Royal Oak, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
55%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Ryan M Bylsma, MD

General Surgery · Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Muskegon, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
54%Service-mix similarityView profile →

Tessa Watt, MD

Thoracic Surgery (CMS) · Ann Arbor, MI

Shared published services
2 shared services · view billing descriptions
  • Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft (33533)
  • Harvest of vein using an endoscope (33508)
51%Service-mix similarityView profile →
How this comparison works

We use the same calendar year of CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data for both providers. Published non-drug service counts are combined by HCPCS code across places of service. We apply log(1 + count), normalize the vectors, and compare them using cosine similarity.

Candidates share the reference provider’s current NPPES primary taxonomy and match the location you enter. We examine up to 500 candidates in NPI order, then show up to 12 with the highest positive similarity within that set. The score is not a percentile, medical recommendation, or prediction. Suppressed services are not estimated. Medicare fee-for-service data does not describe a provider’s entire practice.

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service : 2024-12-01 · Published May 21, 2026.