What is Ricardo Cruz's specialty?

Ricardo Cruz (NPI 1164438446) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Austin, TX.

Where does Ricardo Cruz practice?

Ricardo Cruz practices in Austin, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1164438446.

How much does Medicare pay Ricardo Cruz?

Ricardo Cruz (NPI 1164438446) received approximately $64K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 262 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1164438446

Ricardo CruzDO

Internal MedicineAustin, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

435

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

681

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$63K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,183 Internal Medicine providers in TX — above median (cohort median 673).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,332

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$139K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

15.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium196 claims

Amlodipine Besylate187 claims

Furosemide134 claims

Gabapentin114 claims

Divalproex Sodium113 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$85

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$85

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$85

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

Hospice

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Nursing home

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ricardo Cruz'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). 81 inbound referrers · 153 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ASCENSION SETON	319	1,077
City Of Austin Ambulance Service Provider · Austin, TX	133	515
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	61	299
John Manning Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	56	242
John Barkley Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	49	224
OAKBEND MEDICAL CENTER	40	96
Vinoop Daggubati Hospitalist · Austin, TX	36	282
Gregory Connor Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	34	186
Paul Gaudin Pathology · Austin, TX	31	120
Ruben Salinas Hospitalist · Austin, TX	30	89
Gregory Karnaze Interventional Radiology · Austin, TX	29	116
Tariq Alam Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	29	87

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
ASCENSION SETON	406	886
City Of Austin Ambulance Service Provider · Austin, TX	112	244
Acadian Ambulance Service Of Texas Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Beaumont, TX	105	406
John Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	91	344
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	66	275
John Manning Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	64	226
John Barkley Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	59	224
Joshua Abramowitz Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	58	174
Nancy Foster Internal Medicine · Austin, TX	52	299
OAKBEND MEDICAL CENTER	47	239
EH HOME HEALTH OF AUSTIN, LLC	43	150
CTRH, L.L.C.	41	150

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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