What is Howard Gelb's specialty?

Howard Gelb (NPI 1518966282) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Boca Raton, FL.

Where does Howard Gelb practice?

Howard Gelb practices in Boca Raton, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518966282.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Gelb?

Howard Gelb (NPI 1518966282) received approximately $212K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 488 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518966282

Howard GelbMD

PRACTICEHOWARD J. GELB MD PASee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryBoca Raton, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,603

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

15,109

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$194K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,417 Orthopedic Surgery providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 1,874).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

442

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Celecoxib144 claims

Meloxicam116 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen77 claims

Methylprednisolone44 claims

Tramadol Hcl27 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$105

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$105

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$105

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Gelb'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). 5 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Clive Woods Orthopedic Surgery · Plantation, FL	61	257
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	33	169
PARKCREEK SURGERY CENTER LLLP	25	225
Ross Borzykowski Diagnostic Radiology · Boca Raton, FL	14	31
Jeffrey Stein Internal Medicine · Boca Raton, FL	13	51

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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