What is Mario Assouad's specialty?

Mario Assouad (NPI 1588767503) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Houston, TX.

Where does Mario Assouad practice?

Mario Assouad practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1588767503.

How much does Medicare pay Mario Assouad?

Mario Assouad (NPI 1588767503) received approximately $283K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 431 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1588767503

Mario AssouadMD

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NephrologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

732

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,174

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$260K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,898

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.8M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

38.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Dapagliflozin Propanediol241 claims

Furosemide230 claims

Sevelamer Carbonate217 claims

Finerenone157 claims

Potassium Chloride95 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

112

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$49

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$49

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Mario Assouad'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). 140 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CHCA CLEAR LAKE LP	138	470
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	134	1,021
NPI 1255335535	115	980
City Of Houston Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX	63	238
Mohammad Siddiqui Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	62	385
Jeffrey Goldstein Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	61	379
Sandeep Amesur Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	54	424
American Medical Response Of Texas Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX	52	231
Rajiv Thakur Interventional Radiology · Houston, TX	52	197
Mayank Patel Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	52	260
Sandeep Gupta Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	52	353
Austin Williams Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	52	409

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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