PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1053380550

Biff PalmerMD

PRACTICEUT SOUTHWESTERNSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyDallas, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$7K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.9

Quality

70.2

Cost

72.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.33%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$54K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$44K

Grant$5K

Travel and Lodging$4K

Food and Beverage$999

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Biff Palmer'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). 11 inbound referrers · 16 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	42	260
UT SOUTHWESTERN DVA HEALTHCARE LLP	34	311
RADFORD, LEE	23	139
Tamim Hamdi Nephrology · Dallas, TX	18	78
Henry Quinones Nephrology · Dallas, TX	14	68
Christopher Lu Nephrology · Dallas, TX	13	40
Kamakki Banks Cardiology · Allen, TX	13	74
Jason Busigo Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	11	40
MALGURIA, NAGINA	11	40
TASIAN, BERGE	11	32
Bradley Strout Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	11	36

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT	91	503
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	55	368
UT SOUTHWESTERN DVA HEALTHCARE LLP	37	548
NPI 1730149709	26	280
RADFORD, LEE	25	143
Ramesh Saxena Internal Medicine · Dallas, TX	21	68
Christopher Lu Nephrology · Dallas, TX	17	77
Nilum Rajora Nephrology · Dallas, TX	17	178
Kamakki Banks Cardiology · Allen, TX	17	78
Afia Umber Nephrology · Coppell, TX	16	82
Lone Star Ambulance 1, Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Corpus Christi, TX	15	114
Joseph Berger Nephrology · Dallas, TX	15	92

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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