PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528099603

Ernesto CaramesM.D.

Internal MedicineSt Augustine, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,043

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,296

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$246K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,680 Internal Medicine providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 727).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

14,944

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.5M

Distinct drugs

182

Brand share

17.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium705 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium631 claims

Losartan Potassium480 claims

Metformin Hcl447 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium424 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.8

Quality

77.7

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

70.5

Payment adjustment

0.29%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ernesto Carames'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). 91 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
FLAGLER HOSPITAL INC	637	5,187
Robert Taliaferro Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Augustine, FL	250	1,874
Milton Mendenhall Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Augustine, FL	208	1,381
Joseph Rozas Internal Medicine · St. Augustine, FL	191	1,327
Mandana Davani Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Augustine, FL	159	692
Walter Frady Hospitalist · St Augustine, FL	155	1,354
Rafael Apontelopez Diagnostic Radiology · St Augustine, FL	124	786
American Health S, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Davie, FL	120	3,236
Ripp Smith Diagnostic Radiology · St Augustine, FL	118	670
CLAYMAN, ANDREA	99	564
Manuel Alvarez Psychologist, Clinical · Lady Lake, FL	94	489
Jueyang Wei Neurology · St Augustine, FL	83	786

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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ProviderScore

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