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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1275542615

Ricardo BendezuMD

Family PracticeAnkeny, IAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$21
Payment records
1
By payment type
Food and Beverage$21
FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (3)

CCN 167133
Home health agency
CCN 167433
Home health agency
CCN 160083
Hospital
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
7,432
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$518K
Distinct drugs
105
Brand share
14.9%
Top prescribed drugs
Atorvastatin Calcium747 claims
Amlodipine Besylate583 claims
Lisinopril430 claims
Simvastatin395 claims
Losartan Potassium292 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
1,438
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
2,074
Distinct HCPCS
24
Medicare payment
$72K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
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Total Medicare services vs. 1,109 Family Practice providers in IA — top quintile (cohort median 805).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ricardo Bendezu'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). 14 inbound referrers · 24 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP168628
David Harrison
Family Practice · Ankeny, IA
3154
Randolph Rough
Cardiology · West Des Moines, IA
30118
Stephen Nowak
Family Practice · Ankeny, IA
2769
Edward Jones
Family Practice · Ankeny, IA
2034
City Of Ankeny
Ambulance Service Provider · Ankeny, IA
1731
Neelima Chennupati
Family Practice · Ankeny, IA
1530
NPI 10432084731430
OLSON, JOHN1325
NPI 13866261091328
Leslie Fenimore
Nurse Practitioner · Webster City, IA
1220
William Andrews
Physician Assistant · Waukee, IA
1115
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP114343
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP113306
Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Ankeny, IA
4088
David Harrison
Family Practice · Ankeny, IA
3073
Randolph Rough
Cardiology · West Des Moines, IA
2777
Lynda Strickland
Physician Assistant · Ankeny, IA
2456
Stephen Nowak
Family Practice · Ankeny, IA
2338
Christos Kassiotis
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Des Moines, IA
2243
Edward Jones
Family Practice · Ankeny, IA
2130
Denis Reavis
Family Practice · Ankeny, IA
2154
Suhas Bhat
Interventional Cardiology · Ames, IA
1737
Thomas Mallisee
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
1733
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.