PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1467481721

Javier LafuenteM.D.

Thoracic SurgeryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

114

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

121

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$37K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 209 Thoracic Surgery providers in TX — below median (cohort median 254).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$4K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Javier Lafuente'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). 16 inbound referrers · 36 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	103	371
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	49	186
Kelly Mullman Physician Assistant · Houston, TX	35	85
Lauri Campagna Pathology · Dallas, TX	25	56
Jerry Polasek Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	23	47
Thu Ngo Pathology · Houston, TX	15	29
Hany Abd-El Malek Critical Care (Intensivists) · Houston, TX	13	44
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	13	58
Rajesh Amin Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	12	20
Alicia Romero Nephrology · Katy, TX	12	53
Sohail Noor Emergency Medicine · Houston, TX	12	47
NPI 1255335535	12	49

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	72	190
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	60	391
Kelly Mullman Physician Assistant · Houston, TX	29	58
UNZICKER, AMANDA	24	86
David Conrow Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	21	61
Spencer Chang Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	20	74
Jett Brady Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	20	60
John Labis Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	18	53
Jerry Polasek Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	18	43
Amir Kashani Cardiology · Houston, TX	17	66
Jessica Sheets Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	17	57
Nidal Qaddumi Anesthesiology · Washington, DC	17	49

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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