PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1457453409

Nicole MelendezMD

RheumatologyTampa, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$6K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 351 Rheumatology providers in FL — bottom quintile (cohort median 20,723).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

962

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.8M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

44.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Methotrexate Sodium121 claims

Leflunomide96 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate77 claims

Upadacitinib56 claims

Etanercept54 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$280

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$280

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$280

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nicole Melendez'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). 9 inbound referrers · 18 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. ANTHONYS HOSPITAL, INC.	119	453
OHI WEST, INC	30	56
Matthew Rahaim Diagnostic Radiology · St Petersburg, FL	25	43
SCHIRM, STEVEN	25	36
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	19	48
John Bertozzi Diagnostic Radiology · St Petersburg, FL	16	20
Adam Garrott Diagnostic Radiology · St Petersburg, FL	16	27
ELLIOTT, BRIAN	11	27
WEST FLORIDA - PPH, LLC	11	23

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC.	174	471
ST. ANTHONYS HOSPITAL, INC.	93	236
Thomas Egan Diagnostic Radiology · St Petersburg, FL	49	79
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	46	103
Jan Berrios Colon Family Practice · St Petersburg, FL	37	65
Matthew Rahaim Diagnostic Radiology · St Petersburg, FL	23	35
Adam Garrott Diagnostic Radiology · St Petersburg, FL	23	37
James Connors Dermatology · St Petersburg, FL	23	58
Danya Godoy-Hung Pain Management · St. Petersburg, FL	22	82
John Bertozzi Diagnostic Radiology · St Petersburg, FL	22	33
OHI WEST, INC	21	53
SCHIRM, STEVEN	20	27

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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