PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609873058

Rafael LopezM.D.

PRACTICESAN BENITO MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

Family PracticeSan Benito, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

553

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

827

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$39K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,385 Family Practice providers in TX — above median (cohort median 567).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

11,545

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

130

Brand share

21.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium963 claims

Losartan Potassium625 claims

Metformin Hcl561 claims

Lisinopril510 claims

Amlodipine Besylate438 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$191

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$191

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Rafael Lopez'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). 15 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
VHS HARLINGEN HOSPITAL COMPANY LLC	75	240
Joy Kroes Family Practice · San Benito, TX	65	143
Charles Fisher Diagnostic Radiology · Harlingen, TX	37	60
Juan Garza Cardiology · Harlingen, TX	28	76
HEINS, WILLIAM	25	59
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	21	35
Elizabeth Juarez Hospitalist · Harlingen, TX	17	47
Jorge Flores Nephrology · Harlingen, TX	15	68
M. Hilmy Cardiology · Harlingen, TX	13	38
STARR COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT	13	27
Hugo Blake Cardiology · Harlingen, TX	13	42
Ada Cuellar Emergency Medicine · Harlingen, TX	13	30

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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