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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1457328940

Walter KaoMD

PRACTICEMADISON RADIOLOGISTS S CSee all providers at this practice →
CardiologyMadison, WII
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
87.5
Quality
77.6
Cost
78.1
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
100.0
Payment adjustment
0.53%
Group
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
4,319
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$526K
Distinct drugs
39
Brand share
19.1%
Top prescribed drugs
Metoprolol Succinate1,015 claims
Lisinopril409 claims
Amlodipine Besylate283 claims
Valsartan282 claims
Apixaban277 claims
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$20
Payment records
1
By payment type
Food and Beverage$20
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
337
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
376
Distinct HCPCS
4
Medicare payment
$34K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 301 Cardiology providers in WI — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,490).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Walter Kao'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). 13 inbound referrers · 24 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Ravi Dhingra
Cardiology · Milwaukee, WI
64288
Cristopher Meyer
Diagnostic Radiology · Middleton, WI
34117
MAKIELSKI, JONATHAN2970
Linda Lee Eckhardt
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Madison, WI
2559
Mark Schiebler
Diagnostic Radiology · Madison, WI
2250
WARNER, THOMAS21126
Joan Hermsen
Nurse Practitioner · Madison, WI
1970
Peter Rahko
Cardiology · Madison, WI
1957
Douglas Kopp
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Madison, WI
1448
Parag Tipnis
Cardiology · Madison, WI
1435
Patrick Hughes
Cardiology · Cleveland, OH
1331
James Stein
Cardiology · Madison, WI
1217
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AUTHORITY1831,019
Maryl Johnson
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Madison, WI
66314
Ravi Dhingra
Cardiology · Milwaukee, WI
60295
Craig January
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Madison, WI
4497
Jeffrey Kanne
Diagnostic Radiology · Madison, WI
40131
Cristopher Meyer
Diagnostic Radiology · Middleton, WI
3273
Mark Schiebler
Diagnostic Radiology · Madison, WI
2954
Ford Ballantyne
Cardiology · Madison, WI
2951
Christopher Francois
Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, MN
28101
MAKIELSKI, JONATHAN2658
Steven Ewer
Cardiology · Madison, WI
2468
Timothy Kamp
Cardiology · Madison, WI
2449
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.