What is Melina Diaz-Cardenas's specialty?

Melina Diaz-Cardenas (NPI 1548422843) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Peachtree City, GA.

Where does Melina Diaz-Cardenas practice?

Melina Diaz-Cardenas practices in Peachtree City, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1548422843.

How much does Medicare pay Melina Diaz-Cardenas?

Melina Diaz-Cardenas (NPI 1548422843) received approximately $2.1M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 581 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548422843

Melina Diaz-CardenasM.D.

Infectious DiseasePeachtree City, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,150

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,475

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$246K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 177 Infectious Disease providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 600).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

249

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$183K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

39.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Daptomycin54 claims

Cefepime Hcl33 claims

Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala29 claims

Ertapenem Sodium25 claims

Meropenem22 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melina Diaz-Cardenas'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). 56 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Brannan Hatfield Diagnostic Radiology · Newnan, GA	112	313
PIEDMONT NEWNAN HOSPITAL, INC.	92	269
Daniel Faith Diagnostic Radiology · Newnan, GA	90	228
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	81	770
David Bodne Diagnostic Radiology · Brooks, GA	74	171
George Stone Diagnostic Radiology · Newnan, GA	68	181
Fawzi Mohammad Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA	68	168
Michael Pont Diagnostic Radiology · Carrollton, GA	61	172
MCNAIR, JOHN	61	150
Thippeswamy Murthy Cardiology · Fayetteville, GA	54	100
Christine Zurawski Infectious Disease · Atlanta, GA	54	136
Mark Bradshaw Internal Medicine · Wichita, KS	42	120

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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