What is Jacobo Nurko's specialty?

Jacobo Nurko (NPI 1629262621) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Vascular Surgery in Houston, TX.

Where does Jacobo Nurko practice?

Jacobo Nurko practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629262621.

How much does Medicare pay Jacobo Nurko?

Jacobo Nurko (NPI 1629262621) received approximately $177K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 410 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629262621

Jacobo NurkoM.D.

Vascular SurgeryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

710

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

876

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$112K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 273 Vascular Surgery providers in TX — above median (cohort median 854).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

238

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

63.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate85 claims

Tramadol Hcl33 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen30 claims

Diazepam30 claims

Ticagrelor22 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Jacobo Nurko'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Bilal Moukaddem Nephrology · Houston, TX	82	286
Oliver Hunter Diagnostic Radiology · Baytown, TX	75	293
Amy Luczak Physician Assistant · Houston, TX	72	161
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	66	201
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF TEXAS, INC.	48	129
Vijay Koka Nephrology · Pasadena, TX	43	107
ALBUERNE, LUIS	42	138
Jesse Uyeda Nephrology · Houston, TX	33	59
Hsiao Tang Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	31	110
Susan Martinez Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Spring, TX	30	66
John Longwell Anesthesiology · Houston, TX	25	59
Jennifer Finch Nephrology · Houston, TX	25	47

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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