What is Edward Hernandez's specialty?

Edward Hernandez (NPI 1568406619) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Diagnostic Radiology in Hammond, LA.

Where does Edward Hernandez practice?

Edward Hernandez practices in Hammond, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568406619.

How much does Medicare pay Edward Hernandez?

Edward Hernandez (NPI 1568406619) received approximately $97K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 2,333 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568406619

Edward HernandezMD

PRACTICELAURENCE MICHAEL MAY, MD, APMCSee all providers at this practice →

Diagnostic RadiologyHammond, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,726

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,934

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$85K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 384 Diagnostic Radiology providers in LA — top quintile (cohort median 2,476).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$149

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Methylprednisolone25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.9

Quality

78.2

Cost

67.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.50%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$321

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$321

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$321

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Edward Hernandez'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). 178 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTH OAKS MEDICAL CENTER, LLC	2,917	8,328
SMITH, ROBERT	952	3,617
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Lafayette, LA	933	2,885
John Miller Diagnostic Radiology · Hammond, LA	572	1,415
WILLIAMS, STEPHEN	507	1,818
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	333	710
Margaret Winkler Internal Medicine · Hammond, LA	326	2,313
Rafael Robledo Internal Medicine · Hammond, LA	293	1,811
James Parker Cardiology · Hammond, LA	255	666
Pervez Mussarat Neurology · Hammond, LA	241	820
Niksad Abraham Interventional Cardiology · Gonzales, LA	232	752
Saurabh Gupta Nephrology · Philadelphia, PA	223	892

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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