What is Michael Gonzales's specialty?

Michael Gonzales (NPI 1609810175) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in San Antonio, TX.

Where does Michael Gonzales practice?

Michael Gonzales practices in San Antonio, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1609810175.

How much does Medicare pay Michael Gonzales?

Michael Gonzales (NPI 1609810175) received approximately $94K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 579 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609810175

Michael GonzalesMD

CardiologySan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,448

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,982

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$90K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,379 Cardiology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 2,215).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,177

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

33.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Carvedilol471 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium455 claims

Rivaroxaban387 claims

Metoprolol Succinate380 claims

Amlodipine Besylate370 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

98.1

Quality

0.0

Cost

89.2

Improvement activities

30.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.97%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$6K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$5K

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$5K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Gonzales'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). 60 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	354	928
City Of San Antonio Texas Ambulance Service Provider · San Antonio, TX	99	186
JOURDANTON HOSPITAL CORPORATION	76	225
David Briseno Cardiology · San Antonio, TX	63	220
Carlos Estrada Velez Internal Medicine · Danville, PA	53	220
Nadi Hibri Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	53	178
Patrick Cullinan Critical Care (Intensivists) · San Antonio, TX	50	199
Awais Sheikh Critical Care (Intensivists) · San Antonio, TX	45	172
Waqar Hussain Internal Medicine · Brownsville, TX	45	126
Andrew Auber Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	43	115
Howell Cone Diagnostic Radiology · Llano, TX	40	96
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	35	80

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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