PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538126867

Cara WalzMD

PRACTICEASSOCIATED NEPHROLOGY CONSULTANTS, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

NephrologyMaplewood, MNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

251

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

521

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$51K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 176 Nephrology providers in MN — top quintile (cohort median 667).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

423

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$6K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

7.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Losartan Potassium65 claims

Amlodipine Besylate50 claims

Carvedilol43 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim32 claims

Furosemide30 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$49

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$49

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Cara Walz'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM	108	417
Shannon Doyle Nephrology · Maplewood, MN	77	180
NPI 1255335535	77	459
HEALTHEAST ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL	46	134
Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc Opioid Treatment Program · Minneapolis, MN	43	248
HEALTHEAST ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL	41	123
Matthew Baldwin Diagnostic Radiology · Roseville, MN	41	76
Paul Carolan Diagnostic Radiology · Roseville, MN	32	54
Jennifer Nelson Physician Assistant · Maplewood, MN	30	96
HEALTHEAST WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	24	88
TOTAL RENAL CARE INC	23	277
City Of St Paul Ambulance Service Provider · Saint Paul, MN	22	39

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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