What is Hernan Palermo's specialty?

Hernan Palermo (NPI 1003851452) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Houston, TX.

Where does Hernan Palermo practice?

Hernan Palermo practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1003851452.

How much does Medicare pay Hernan Palermo?

Hernan Palermo (NPI 1003851452) received approximately $108K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 282 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1003851452

Hernan PalermoOD

OptometryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,382

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,011

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$98K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,428 Optometry providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 186).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,854

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$610K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost947 claims

Cyclosporine360 claims

Prednisolone Acetate317 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat268 claims

Brimonidine Tartrate240 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.1

Quality

100.0

Cost

73.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.72%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$664

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$664

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$664

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Hernan Palermo's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 5 inbound referrers · 11 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Sumeet Sharma Ophthalmology · Bellaire, TX	65	134
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	54	124
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Southwest Llp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Houston, TX	27	46
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	19	31
William Tadlock Optometry · Houston, TX	16	32

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	66	137
Sumeet Sharma Ophthalmology · Bellaire, TX	65	170
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	52	160
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	39	77
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	33	84
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Southwest Llp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Houston, TX	33	77
Rehan Ahmed Ophthalmology · Bellaire, TX	19	43
Lisa Philbrook Anesthesiology · Houston, TX	18	33
William Tadlock Optometry · Houston, TX	13	20
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	11	19
Hugo Toro Internal Medicine · Katy, TX	11	33

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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