PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1497783757

Richard HoukM.D.

PRACTICEBLUETAIL ARKANSAS PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyLittle Rock, ARI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,397

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

410,021

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4.9M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 35 Rheumatology providers in AR — top quintile (cohort median 47,422).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,465

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Methotrexate Sodium560 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate536 claims

Tizanidine Hcl367 claims

Dexamethasone347 claims

Prednisone327 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

74.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$4K

Payment records

209

By payment type

Food and Beverage$4K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Houk'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). 27 inbound referrers · 53 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST HEALTH	115	250
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	79	207
MEDICAL LABORATORIES OF ARKANSAS, INC.	66	185
Micro Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Benton, AR	51	147
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	47	142
W Perrymore Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	29	82
BAPTIST HEALTH	24	51
Robert Stuckey Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	23	52
CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	19	44
John Baden Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	19	41
Ronald Martin Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	17	36
Todd Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	17	35

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Labone Llc Clinical Laboratory · Lenexa, KS	128	381
BAPTIST HEALTH	109	252
ST VINCENT INFIRMARY MEDICAL CENTER	80	193
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	61	171
MEDICAL LABORATORIES OF ARKANSAS, INC.	49	133
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES	47	129
ARKANSAS HEART HOSPITAL, LLC	41	191
Micro Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Benton, AR	33	69
BAPTIST HEALTH	31	77
Matthew Mccrary Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	29	68
CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	26	74
Allen Redding Endocrinology · Little Rock, AR	24	97

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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