What is Maria Shepard's specialty?

Maria Shepard (NPI 1609865419) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Anesthesiology in Houston, TX.

Where does Maria Shepard practice?

Maria Shepard practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1609865419.

How much does Medicare pay Maria Shepard?

Maria Shepard (NPI 1609865419) received approximately $20K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 215 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609865419

Maria ShepardMD

AnesthesiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

122

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

122

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$7K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,259 Anesthesiology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 184).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.9

Quality

91.3

Cost

79.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.59%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$82

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$82

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$82

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Maria Shepard'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Robert Staewen Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	17	22
Aida Harris Anesthesiology Assistant · Houston, TX	14	15
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	12	13
Vyacheslav Golubov Anesthesiology Assistant · Dallas, TX	11	11

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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