What is Philip Blum's specialty?

Philip Blum (NPI 1568444115) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurology in Houston, TX.

Where does Philip Blum practice?

Philip Blum practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568444115.

How much does Medicare pay Philip Blum?

Philip Blum (NPI 1568444115) received approximately $4.1M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 620 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568444115

Philip BlumMD

NeurologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,056

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

204,906

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2.7M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,109 Neurology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 629).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

948

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$913K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Carbidopa/Levodopa127 claims

Duloxetine Hcl117 claims

Gabapentin115 claims

Donepezil Hcl88 claims

Sertraline Hcl59 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$34

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$34

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$34

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Philip Blum'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). 2 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	35	99
Paul Boone Neurosurgery · Fayetteville, NC	11	19

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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