What is Caron Houston's specialty?

Caron Houston (NPI 1013132596) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Carmichael, CA.

Where does Caron Houston practice?

Caron Houston practices in Carmichael, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1013132596.

How much does Medicare pay Caron Houston?

Caron Houston (NPI 1013132596) received approximately $37K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 107 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1013132596

Caron HoustonMD

Internal MedicineCarmichael, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

104

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

403

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$36K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — below median (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,165

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$389K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

14.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Mirtazapine307 claims

Fluvoxamine Maleate254 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium223 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium210 claims

Amlodipine Besylate207 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$98

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$98

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$98

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (9)

Home health agency

Home health agency

Home health agency

Home health agency

Hospice

Hospice

Hospice

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Caron Houston'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). 0 inbound referrers · 3 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

No inbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Sutter Valley Medical Foundation Clinical Laboratory · Sacramento, CA	36	322
SUTTER VALLEY HOSPITALS	26	101
Zachary Taylor Internal Medicine · Sacramento, CA	13	37

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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