What is Desi Carozza's specialty?

Desi Carozza (NPI 1558538777) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Hospice and Palliative Care in Buffalo, NY.

Where does Desi Carozza practice?

Desi Carozza practices in Buffalo, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1558538777.

How much does Medicare pay Desi Carozza?

Desi Carozza (NPI 1558538777) received approximately $12K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 57 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558538777

Desi CarozzaM.D.

Hospice and Palliative CareBuffalo, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$8K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 164 Hospice and Palliative Care providers in NY — bottom quintile (cohort median 307).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

701

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$33K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

14.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Methadone Hcl135 claims

Oxycodone Hcl127 claims

Hydromorphone Hcl82 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen65 claims

Gabapentin61 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Desi Carozza'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	72	558
Jason Busigo Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	37	77
Bradley Strout Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	29	98
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	25	53
Richard Batz Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	23	56
Stephen Kircher Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	22	56
Lakshmi Ananthakrishnan Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	18	38
Ravindra Sarode Pathology · Dallas, TX	17	44
Gaurav Khatri Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	17	34
TASIAN, BERGE	16	35
Sunitha John Internal Medicine · Dallas, TX	15	26
Randall Hughes Internal Medicine · Dallas, TX	15	72

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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