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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1487685368

Luis AlvarezMD

PRACTICEPALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATIONSee all providers at this practice →
NephrologyPalo Alto, CAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
1,692
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$369K
Distinct drugs
47
Brand share
16.8%
Top prescribed drugs
Amlodipine Besylate146 claims
Losartan Potassium139 claims
Lisinopril96 claims
Hydrochlorothiazide86 claims
Furosemide73 claims
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$274K
Payment records
382
By payment type
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$143K
Honoraria$58K
Travel and Lodging$39K
Consulting Fee$26K
Food and Beverage$9K
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
568
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
7,878
Distinct HCPCS
10
Medicare payment
$166K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 985 Nephrology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,482).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Luis Alvarez'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). 8 inbound referrers · 11 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Jon Keller
Pathology · Palo Alto, CA
1801,463
Joseph Walter
Diagnostic Radiology · Palo Alto, CA
3587
GOTTHEINER, TOBY26192
James Zimmerman
Vascular Surgery · Redwood City, CA
23294
Edmund Tai
Hematology-Oncology · Mountain View, CA
19228
Cheena Ramrakhiani
Cardiology · Stanford, CA
1665
Aria Dibiase
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Palo Alto, CA
1457
Sean Hilchey
Diagnostic Radiology · Fremont, CA
1225
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Jon Keller
Pathology · Palo Alto, CA
103738
STANFORD HEALTH CARE50249
Eurofins Ascend Clinical, Llc
Clinical Laboratory · Sunnyvale, CA
35504
Graham Rodwell
Nephrology · Palo Alto, CA
29459
DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE27163
Joseph Walter
Diagnostic Radiology · Palo Alto, CA
2361
James Zimmerman
Vascular Surgery · Redwood City, CA
22215
GOTTHEINER, TOBY22118
Edmund Tai
Hematology-Oncology · Mountain View, CA
15186
Sean Hilchey
Diagnostic Radiology · Fremont, CA
1527
Cheena Ramrakhiani
Cardiology · Stanford, CA
1342
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.