What is Carolyn Fernandes's specialty?

Carolyn Fernandes (NPI 1518118355) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Pittsburgh, PA.

Where does Carolyn Fernandes practice?

Carolyn Fernandes practices in Pittsburgh, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518118355.

How much does Medicare pay Carolyn Fernandes?

Carolyn Fernandes (NPI 1518118355) received approximately $17K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 79 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518118355

Carolyn FernandesMD

Infectious DiseasePittsburgh, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

152

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$13K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 346 Infectious Disease providers in PA — below median (cohort median 364).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

303

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$14K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

39.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Cefadroxil51 claims

Ampicillin Sod/Sulbactam Sod38 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim35 claims

Fluconazole29 claims

Methenamine Hippurate25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

80.9

Quality

61.9

Cost

74.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.25%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carolyn Fernandes'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Janet Durick Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	34	246
Glenn Andrews Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	29	187
Elliott Gozansky Diagnostic Radiology · Birmingham, AL	29	204
Aryan Aiyer Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PA	20	78
David Schwartzman Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Uniontown, PA	19	69
Amir Borhani Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	17	94
Christiane Hakim Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	16	82
Kathryn Berlacher Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PA	15	85
Alison Galdys Infectious Disease · Pittsburgh, PA	14	45
Shivdev Rao Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PA	12	59
Karin Byers Infectious Disease · Pittsburgh, PA	11	97
Evan Adelstein Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Albany, NY	11	37

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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