PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538306899

Brian MetzgerMD

Infectious DiseaseAustin, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

393

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

545

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$46K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 425 Infectious Disease providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 589).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

316

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$425K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

47.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala62 claims

Cephalexin46 claims

Cefazolin Sodium34 claims

Ceftriaxone Sodium32 claims

Vancomycin Hcl31 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

65.4

Quality

48.0

Cost

87.4

Improvement activities

20.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-1.15%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$5K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian Metzger'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). 45 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	64	845
Edward Chafizadeh Cardiology · Austin, TX	48	598
City Of Austin Ambulance Service Provider · Austin, TX	48	329
Yong Tang Internal Medicine · Austin, TX	41	612
Michael Jaimes Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	40	638
American Medical Response Of Texas Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Austin, TX	34	182
Amsalu Erko Nephrology · Austin, TX	33	984
Ronald Hoelscher Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	31	337
Michael Shapiro Critical Care (Intensivists) · Austin, TX	30	650
GALVAN, KRISTOFER	28	308
Matthew Robinson Infectious Disease · Austin, TX	27	271
Nancy Pachuca Internal Medicine · Pflugerville, TX	26	236

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

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history