PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518177013

Catherine Balestra

PRACTICESOUTH FLORIDA SURGICAL SPECIALISTS, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

DermatologyMiramar, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

708

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

849

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$299K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,045 Dermatology providers in FL — bottom quintile (cohort median 3,561).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

305

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

3.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Mupirocin236 claims

Gentamicin Sulfate33 claims

Cephalexin24 claims

Erythromycin Base12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$245

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$245

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Catherine Balestra'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 · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Uzma Farooq Pathology · Coral Gables, FL	79	143
Paul Brannan Ophthalmology · Sarasota, FL	49	83
Samir Patel Dermatology · Mason, OH	36	46
Heidi Anderson Dermatology · Sarasota, FL	27	36
Bernhardt Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Jacksonville, FL	26	49
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	16	40
Varee Poochareon Dermatology · South Miami, FL	14	21
SARASOTA COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT	11	13

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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