What is Merrick Ross's specialty?

Merrick Ross (NPI 1528154549) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Houston, TX.

Where does Merrick Ross practice?

Merrick Ross practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1528154549.

How much does Medicare pay Merrick Ross?

Merrick Ross (NPI 1528154549) received approximately $98K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 228 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528154549

Merrick RossM.D.

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General SurgeryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

457

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

472

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$63K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,477 General Surgery providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 212).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$16K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Anastrozole11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.3

Quality

70.8

Cost

67.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$40K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$21K

Consulting Fee$15K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$4K

Food and Beverage$318

Top paying entities

Travel and Lodging$21K

Consulting Fee$15K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$4K

Food and Beverage$318

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Merrick Ross'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). 53 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	711	4,690
NPI 1124173984	152	318
Jeremy Erasmus Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	78	132
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	61	172
Girish Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	57	100
Jonathan Curry Pathology · Houston, TX	46	168
Priyadharsini Nagarajan Pathology · Houston, TX	45	125
Phyu Aung Pathology · Houston, TX	38	127
Bing Wang Diagnostic Radiology · New Smyrna Beach, FL	36	84
Elie Mouhayar Cardiology · Houston, TX	36	107
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	33	67
Sonia Betancourt Cuellar Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	28	47

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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