PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629198726

Erica HightowerM.D.

PRACTICEPHARMACYTEXAS LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

614

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,138

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$66K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,183 Internal Medicine providers in TX — above median (cohort median 673).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,742

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

62.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Metformin Hcl334 claims

Semaglutide279 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium246 claims

Tirzepatide228 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium213 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.4

Quality

100.0

Cost

74.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.78%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$5K

Payment records

171

By payment type

Food and Beverage$4K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$4K

Travel and Lodging$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Erica Hightower'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
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	138	424
NORTH CYPRESS MEDICAL CENTER OPERATING COMPANY, LTD.	33	87
Ahnya Booze-Love Nurse Practitioner · Eugene, OR	27	49
ESPINOZA, LILIANA	24	39

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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