What is Kara Thompson's specialty?

Kara Thompson (NPI 1144205857) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Houston, TX.

Where does Kara Thompson practice?

Kara Thompson practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1144205857.

How much does Medicare pay Kara Thompson?

Kara Thompson (NPI 1144205857) received approximately $59K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,786 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1144205857

Kara ThompsonM.D.

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CardiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,983

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,215

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$55K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,379 Cardiology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 2,215).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

314

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$20K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

10.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Carvedilol56 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium37 claims

Metoprolol Succinate32 claims

Amlodipine Besylate32 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium27 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.3

Quality

70.8

Cost

67.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$192

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$192

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$192

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 450076

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kara Thompson'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). 234 inbound referrers · 559 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	1,386	4,265
TARRAND, JEFFREY	183	364
Peter Kim Cardiology · Houston, TX	165	324
Kaveh Karimzad Cardiology · Houston, TX	150	316
Elie Mouhayar Cardiology · Houston, TX	146	274
Juan Lopez-Mattei Cardiology · Fort Myers, FL	146	258
Jeremy Erasmus Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	133	200
Cezar Iliescu Cardiology · Houston, TX	131	266
MCENERY, KEVIN	116	231
Girish Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	108	176
William Murphy Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	104	170
Mylene Truong Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	100	211

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	1,545	4,809
Elie Mouhayar Cardiology · Houston, TX	255	483
Kaveh Karimzad Cardiology · Houston, TX	228	474
Jose Banchs Cardiology · Aurora, CO	211	416
Peter Kim Cardiology · Houston, TX	194	363
Girish Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	177	368
Saamir Hassan Cardiology · Houston, TX	171	306
Syed Yusuf Cardiology · Houston, TX	167	284
Sonia Betancourt Cuellar Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	160	309
Carol Wu Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	149	290
Patricia De Groot Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	148	279
Aurelio Matamoros Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	141	238

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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