PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1376723585

Melinda SalinasMPAS, PA-C

PRACTICEBALDEMAR COVARRUBIAS M.D., PASee all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantCorpus Christi, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

284

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

419

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$19K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,198 Physician Assistant providers in TX — above median (cohort median 254).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

8,434

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$456K

Distinct drugs

126

Brand share

16.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium453 claims

Amlodipine Besylate405 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium371 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium357 claims

Metformin Hcl328 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$414

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$414

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$414

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melinda Salinas'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). 1 inbound referrers · 2 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Baldemar Covarrubias Family Practice · Corpus Christi, TX	18	31

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Baldemar Covarrubias Family Practice · Corpus Christi, TX	14	26
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	13	23

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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