What is Ronald Ford's specialty?

Ronald Ford (NPI 1578554879) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Urology in Amarillo, TX.

Where does Ronald Ford practice?

Ronald Ford practices in Amarillo, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1578554879.

How much does Medicare pay Ronald Ford?

Ronald Ford (NPI 1578554879) received approximately $242K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,057 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1578554879

Ronald FordMD

PRACTICEPALO DURO ANESTHESIA PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

UrologyAmarillo, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,166

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

14,181

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$203K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 656 Urology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 2,730).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,515

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$219K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Tamsulosin Hcl923 claims

Finasteride556 claims

Mirabegron156 claims

Oxybutynin Chloride107 claims

Cephalexin96 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.3

Quality

77.7

Cost

74.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.43%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$258

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$258

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$258

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ronald Ford'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). 28 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BSA HOSPITAL LLC	176	647
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	161	445
WAUGH, KIMBERLY	56	107
NORTHWEST TEXAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC	36	129
Michael Hall Diagnostic Radiology · Amarillo, TX	30	59
John Andrew Diagnostic Radiology · Amarillo, TX	23	44
Tully Currie Diagnostic Radiology · Amarillo, TX	23	44
Amarillo Pathology Associates Ltd Clinical Laboratory · Amarillo, TX	21	52
Marc Moreau Interventional Cardiology · Amarillo, TX	19	61
Prakash Desai Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Amarillo, TX	18	26
MEHTA, RAHUL	17	29
Lawrence Zarian Diagnostic Radiology · Amarillo, TX	17	29

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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