What is Brian Metzger's specialty?

Brian Metzger (NPI 1538306899) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Austin, TX.

Where does Brian Metzger practice?

Brian Metzger practices in Austin, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538306899.

How much does Medicare pay Brian Metzger?

Brian Metzger (NPI 1538306899) received approximately $201K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 169 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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.

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