PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1053434910

Ron KarniMD

OtolaryngologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

561

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

705

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$97K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 668 Otolaryngology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 967).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

697

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

47.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen279 claims

Omeprazole78 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium77 claims

Gabapentin65 claims

Prednisone55 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.1

Quality

69.2

Cost

73.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.38%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$30K

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$19K

Travel and Lodging$8K

Food and Beverage$2K

Consulting Fee$450

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (6)

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Inpatient rehabilitation facility

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ron Karni'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). 3 inbound referrers · 15 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	21	59
Daniel Ocazionez Trujillo Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	18	34
OLDHAM, SANDRA	11	25

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	127	561
University Pathologists Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	26	42
Tang Ho Otolaryngology · Houston, TX	25	76
Emma Ferguson Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	22	67
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	21	63
Daniel Ocazionez Trujillo Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	20	72
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	18	54
Carolina Gutierrez Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Houston, TX	17	45
Heinrich Taegtmeyer Cardiology · Houston, TX	14	64
Maria Patino Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	14	25
OLDHAM, SANDRA	13	32
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	12	26

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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