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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1326012725

Stephen LaiMD,PHD

PRACTICEMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERSee all providers at this practice →
OtolaryngologyHouston, TXI
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FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 450076
Hospital
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
182
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
208
Distinct HCPCS
7
Medicare payment
$16K
Peer benchmark
Q1
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Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 668 Otolaryngology providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 967).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Lai'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
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER2132,040
Lawrence Ginsberg
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
2683
Jeremy Erasmus
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
2355
Theresa Hofstede
Oral Surgery (Dentist only) · Houston, TX
1990
James Debnam
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
1636
NPI 12453357101543
Jane Onufer
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
1336
Girish Shroff
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
1333
Sonia Betancourt Cuellar
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
1325
Salmaan Ahmed
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
1338
Adel El-Naggar
Pathology · Houston, TX
1247
Kaveh Karimzad
Cardiology · Houston, TX
1136
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER1151,165
Lawrence Ginsberg
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
37105
Theresa Hofstede
Oral Surgery (Dentist only) · Houston, TX
30102
T. Linda Chi
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
2653
Jason Johnson
Diagnostic Radiology · New Haven, CT
2435
Vinodh Kumar
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
2044
Diana Bell
Pathology · Pittsburgh, PA
1968
William Morrison
Radiation Oncology · Houston, TX
17327
Nandita Guha-Thakurta
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
1733
Salmaan Ahmed
Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX
1431
Elie Mouhayar
Cardiology · Houston, TX
1346
Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX
1332
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.
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
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$8K
Payment records
4
By payment type
Consulting Fee$8K