What is Rene Alvarez's specialty?

Rene Alvarez (NPI 1568441129) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology in Philadelphia, PA.

Where does Rene Alvarez practice?

Rene Alvarez practices in Philadelphia, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568441129.

How much does Medicare pay Rene Alvarez?

Rene Alvarez (NPI 1568441129) received approximately $66K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 206 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568441129

Rene AlvarezM.D.

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyPhiladelphia, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

537

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,152

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$64K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 71 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology providers in PA — above median (cohort median 986).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,555

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.9M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

40.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Sacubitril/Valsartan247 claims

Metoprolol Succinate154 claims

Apixaban154 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium128 claims

Carvedilol99 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$636

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$636

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$636

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Rene Alvarez'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). 29 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1154319044	87	299
Daniel Schwartz Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA	57	325
Daniel Dries Cardiology · Tampa, FL	53	274
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	50	310
Scott Simpson Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	49	256
Eman Hamad Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA	40	214
Brian O'neill Interventional Cardiology · Detroit, MI	39	123
Paul Forfia Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA	37	157
GREENBERG, RICHARD	28	88
William Vandecker Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA	27	54
D'ORAZIO, EDWARD	27	135
Martin Keane Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA	27	70

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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