PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609826445

Edward ContrerasMD

PRACTICEWACO GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATESSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyWaco, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

726

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

761

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$79K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

711

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$57K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

54.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium222 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl130 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates103 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl85 claims

Omeprazole49 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$730

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$730

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Edward Contreras'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
ASCENSION PROVIDENCE	217	521
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	51	98
Kathleen Patton Diagnostic Radiology · Waco, TX	45	77
Nathan Forrest Diagnostic Radiology · Waco, TX	45	91
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER	42	73
SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	41	77
Adam Borowski Diagnostic Radiology · Longview, TX	38	72
John Jeansonne Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Tyler, TX	36	41
Dennis Parks Diagnostic Radiology · Waco, TX	36	67
Derek Lee Emergency Medicine · Waco, TX	27	109
Charles Shoultz Internal Medicine · Waco, TX	26	51
Steven Elwell Internal Medicine · Waco, TX	24	132

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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