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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1366423725

Melchor CardenasMD

PRACTICELAREDO MINOR EMERGENCY CLINIC, PASee all providers at this practice →
Family PracticeLaredo, TXI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$810
Payment records
20
By payment type
Food and Beverage$810
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
474
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
650
Distinct HCPCS
11
Medicare payment
$43K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 6,385 Family Practice providers in TX — above median (cohort median 567).
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
15,898
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$1.6M
Distinct drugs
170
Brand share
18.5%
Top prescribed drugs
Atorvastatin Calcium1,510 claims
Enalapril Maleate656 claims
Metformin Hcl567 claims
Amlodipine Besylate476 claims
Gabapentin439 claims
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melchor Cardenas'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). 45 inbound referrers · 83 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
SCHAPMAN, STEVEN93266
DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF LAREDO90287
Peter Agomuo
Diagnostic Radiology · Lafayette, LA
86273
Vi Truong
Diagnostic Radiology · Alice, TX
84244
City Of Laredo
Ambulance Service Provider · Laredo, TX
76224
SALINAS, GUILLERMO63138
Ricardo Cigarroa
Internal Medicine · Laredo, TX
55358
Daniel Bell
Podiatry · Laredo, TX
46181
David Mora
Optometry · Laredo, TX
44255
HEALING HANDS HOME HEALTH CARE, LLC40123
Benson Huang
Pulmonary Disease · Laredo, TX
33383
John Weinberg
Emergency Medicine · Houston, TX
3394
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
PHYSICIAN LABORATORY SERVICES, LLC4411,189
LAREDO TEXAS HOSPITAL COMPANY LP3291,597
DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF LAREDO101365
SALINAS, GUILLERMO90244
Vi Truong
Diagnostic Radiology · Alice, TX
89217
SCHAPMAN, STEVEN85247
Golden Pan
Diagnostic Radiology · Reno, NV
82247
Peter Agomuo
Diagnostic Radiology · Lafayette, LA
82235
City Of Laredo
Ambulance Service Provider · Laredo, TX
71213
Ricardo Cigarroa
Internal Medicine · Laredo, TX
63427
David Mora
Optometry · Laredo, TX
58285
Daniel Bell
Podiatry · Laredo, TX
57207
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.