What is Margarita Garces's specialty?

Margarita Garces (NPI 1548247521) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in South Miami, FL.

Where does Margarita Garces practice?

Margarita Garces practices in South Miami, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1548247521.

How much does Medicare pay Margarita Garces?

Margarita Garces (NPI 1548247521) received approximately $607K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 398 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548247521

Margarita GarcesM.D.

PRACTICEARTHRITIS & RHEUMATIC CARE CENTER PASee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologySouth Miami, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,243

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

41,870

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$539K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 351 Rheumatology providers in FL — above median (cohort median 20,723).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,604

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.5M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Diclofenac Sodium396 claims

Cyclobenzaprine Hcl366 claims

Prednisone345 claims

Meloxicam292 claims

Gabapentin269 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$5K

Payment records

220

By payment type

Food and Beverage$5K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$5K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Margarita Garces'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). 1 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	19	32

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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