What is Valeska Balderas's specialty?

Valeska Balderas (NPI 1588866370) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Mcallen, TX.

Where does Valeska Balderas practice?

Valeska Balderas practices in Mcallen, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1588866370.

How much does Medicare pay Valeska Balderas?

Valeska Balderas (NPI 1588866370) received approximately $94K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 324 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1588866370

Valeska BalderasMD

GastroenterologyMcallen, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

760

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,078

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$83K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,103 Gastroenterology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 699).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,638

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Famotidine791 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium511 claims

Omeprazole286 claims

Linaclotide236 claims

Sucralfate188 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

80.2

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$914

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$883

Education$30

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$883

Education$30

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Valeska Balderas'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). 37 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DOCTORS HOSPITAL AT RENAISSANCE, LTD	260	1,156
Med Care Emergency Medical Services Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Mcallen, TX	58	161
Primex Clinical Laboratories Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Van Nuys, CA	57	221
Vangala Reddy Diagnostic Radiology · Edinburg, TX	46	137
Ravindra Veeramachaneni Pathology · Weslaco, TX	44	145
Eduardo Candanosa Family Practice · Mcallen, TX	44	140
ESCALANTE-GLORSKY, SUSANA	36	139
Eduardo Guerra Valencia Family Practice · Mcallen, TX	36	96
GRAHAM, FRANKLIN	34	94
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	33	127
Jose Valencia Pathology · Mcallen, TX	28	70
CORNERSTONE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, LP	26	75

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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