PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1194759852

Paola BlancoM.D.

GastroenterologyAllentown, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

767

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

819

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$72K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 771 Gastroenterology providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 585).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,222

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.6M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium324 claims

Omeprazole194 claims

Famotidine90 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl54 claims

Ustekinumab52 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$155

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$155

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (4)

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Paola Blanco'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). 63 inbound referrers · 118 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL	234	445
Robert Rienzo Diagnostic Radiology · Allentown, PA	56	63
Hiral Shah Gastroenterology · Allentown, PA	55	72
Shashin Shah Gastroenterology · Allentown, PA	46	76
Wen Young Diagnostic Radiology · Allentown, PA	43	53
Gregory Altemose Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Miramar Beach, FL	43	48
Kenneth Kurtz Diagnostic Radiology · Allentown, PA	40	44
Michael Vichnin Diagnostic Radiology · Allentown, PA	40	49
Christopher Brown Diagnostic Radiology · Allentown, PA	40	55
Cetronia Ambulance Corps, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Allentown, PA	39	59
GOLDNER, DAVID	39	40
Alan Hammond Diagnostic Radiology · Allentown, PA	38	44

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Health Network Laboratories, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Allentown, PA	223	686
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL	108	219
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL MUHLENBERG	99	376
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ENDOSCOPY CENTER, INC.	63	93
Tanveer Imam Gastroenterology · Allentown, PA	48	73
Maxine Marinari Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Lansdale, PA	45	71
Shashin Shah Gastroenterology · Allentown, PA	42	52
Ronald Bross Gastroenterology · Allentown, PA	39	42
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL	38	103
Anastasia Shnitser Gastroenterology · Allentown, PA	37	55
Stanley Benzel Diagnostic Radiology · Allentown, PA	37	55
Hiral Shah Gastroenterology · Allentown, PA	36	59

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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