PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1093773004

Sara FernandezMD

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Internal MedicineNew Orleans, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

254

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

640

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$34K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,297 Internal Medicine providers in LA — above median (cohort median 534).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

17,532

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.2M

Distinct drugs

198

Brand share

17.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium777 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium694 claims

Losartan Potassium635 claims

Amlodipine Besylate621 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium605 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$23

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$23

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (7)

Home health agency

Hospice

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sara Fernandez'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). 2 inbound referrers · 17 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
RICH, GARY	14	41
Patrick Breaux Cardiology · Metairie, LA	11	47

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION	312	3,505
DIETHELM, NANCY	28	80
NPI 1942268099	21	49
Patrick Delaney Cardiology · New Orleans, LA	20	48
DONNER, E	20	40
Eiman Jahangir Internal Medicine · Nashville, TN	18	53
Erica Broussard Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LA	18	36
Patrick Breaux Cardiology · Metairie, LA	18	66
Charles Matthews Diagnostic Radiology · Covington, LA	16	36
John Kalmar Diagnostic Radiology · Covington, LA	15	47
Arthur Kenney Diagnostic Radiology · Covington, LA	14	33
Dana Smetherman Diagnostic Radiology · Covington, LA	14	38

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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