PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1316179088

Ricardo FontesM.D.

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NeurosurgeryChicago, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

448

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

658

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$173K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 174 Neurosurgery providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 346).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

251

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

4.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Tizanidine Hcl71 claims

Gabapentin61 claims

Baclofen36 claims

Pregabalin30 claims

Tramadol Hcl28 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$19K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$14K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Royalty or License$761

Food and Beverage$17

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$14K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Royalty or License$761

Food and Beverage$17

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (6)

Home health agency

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ricardo Fontes'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). 7 inbound referrers · 19 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Mehmet Kocak Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	48	144
Miral Jhaveri Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	44	100
John Meyer Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	23	52
Sumeet Dua Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	23	55
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Elmhurst, IL	21	43
NPI 1194783076	18	48
Michael Smith Neurology · Chicago, IL	11	30

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	99	308
Sudeep Bhabad Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	30	141
Mehmet Kocak Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	25	101
Palmi Shah Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	24	123
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Elmhurst, IL	24	64
Murali Nagarajan Diagnostic Radiology · Oklahoma City, OK	22	89
Joy Sclamberg Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	21	89
Sumeet Dua Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	20	61
Jamie Bloechl Nurse Practitioner · Bloomingdale, IL	19	31
John Meyer Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	18	48
Miral Jhaveri Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	17	44
NPI 1194783076	13	45

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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