PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1487965372

Ryan MertensDO

Pulmonary DiseaseWest Des Moines, IAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,644

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,056

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$133K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 83 Pulmonary Disease providers in IA — top quintile (cohort median 967).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,734

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$518K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

74.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter209 claims

Umeclidinium Bromide127 claims

Albuterol Sulfate120 claims

Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol120 claims

Prednisone119 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$5K

Payment records

By payment type

Education$4K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$63

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ryan Mertens'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). 62 inbound referrers · 108 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION	333	939
NERHEIM, PAMELA	74	250
Bradley King Diagnostic Radiology · Clive, IA	72	242
RIZZI, JOHN	67	245
James Jacobs Diagnostic Radiology · Clive, IA	61	222
Peter Read Internal Medicine · Des Moines, IA	58	280
Holly Melahoures Hospitalist · Dubuque, IA	56	151
KELLER, PAUL	55	163
WAGGENSPACK, GERARD	51	142
Tyler Schwiesow Internal Medicine · Des Moines, IA	45	290
HEGGEN, WILLIAM	45	146
James Lovell Interventional Cardiology · West Des Moines, IA	44	123

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION	103	336
Rory Karibo Diagnostic Radiology · Clive, IA	84	193
CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION	68	136
Bradley King Diagnostic Radiology · Clive, IA	66	178
Brett Richardson Diagnostic Radiology · Green Bay, WI	61	142
Peter Read Internal Medicine · Des Moines, IA	52	202
Michael O'conner Internal Medicine · Des Moines, IA	51	357
Andrew Stefani Internal Medicine · Des Moines, IA	50	222
Najeeb Khan Allergy/ Immunology · Cincinnati, OH	48	216
Naga Meka Internal Medicine · Rocky Mount, NC	48	253
UNITYPOINT AT HOME	46	109
RIZZI, JOHN	46	136

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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