What is Gustavo Cardenas's specialty?

Gustavo Cardenas (NPI 1518009331) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Delray Beach, FL.

Where does Gustavo Cardenas practice?

Gustavo Cardenas practices in Delray Beach, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518009331.

How much does Medicare pay Gustavo Cardenas?

Gustavo Cardenas (NPI 1518009331) received approximately $1.7M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,796 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518009331

Gustavo CardenasMD

PRACTICEBARRY M SCHULTZ MD LLCSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyDelray Beach, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

6,719

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

16,201

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.7M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,499 Cardiology providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 2,540).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,665

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

30.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate582 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium530 claims

Apixaban455 claims

Losartan Potassium432 claims

Carvedilol301 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.0

Quality

81.9

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.01%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

121

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Gustavo Cardenas'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). 79 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BETHESDA HOSPITAL, INC.	319	1,147
Michael Metzger Cardiology · Delray Beach, FL	151	1,058
Charles Harring Cardiology · Delray Beach, FL	148	1,123
DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	129	444
VICINANZA ADAMI, CAROL	93	302
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	86	266
Richard Edelstein Diagnostic Radiology · Boynton Beach, FL	80	228
ALVAREZ, ARIANA	66	248
Minesh Patel Internal Medicine · Coral Springs, FL	55	238
Adolfo Soto Internal Medicine · Naples, FL	49	191
George Daniel Cardiology · Boynton Beach, FL	46	137
Atlantic Palm Beach Ambulance Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Lake Worth, FL	44	140

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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