What is Craig Couch's specialty?

Craig Couch (NPI 1568497733) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Round Rock, TX.

Where does Craig Couch practice?

Craig Couch practices in Round Rock, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568497733.

How much does Medicare pay Craig Couch?

Craig Couch (NPI 1568497733) received approximately $265K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 243 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568497733

Craig CouchM.D.

Orthopedic SurgeryRound Rock, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

325

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

18,886

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$228K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,568 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 1,443).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,211

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$393K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

45.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin207 claims

Memantine Hcl166 claims

Sumatriptan Succinate163 claims

Butalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine161 claims

Galantamine Hbr152 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

143

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Craig Couch'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
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	71	141
SCOTT & WHITE HOSPITAL - ROUND ROCK	22	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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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