What is Barry Trachtenberg's specialty?

Barry Trachtenberg (NPI 1639331473) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology in Houston, TX.

Where does Barry Trachtenberg practice?

Barry Trachtenberg practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1639331473.

How much does Medicare pay Barry Trachtenberg?

Barry Trachtenberg (NPI 1639331473) received approximately $759K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 662 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639331473

Barry TrachtenbergMD

PRACTICEHOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INCSee all providers at this practice →

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,898

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,753

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$723K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 44 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 1,012).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,696

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11.6M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Carvedilol440 claims

Spironolactone429 claims

Metoprolol Succinate403 claims

Tafamidis383 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium381 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 · 2025

Total received

$43K

Payment records

134

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$31K

Consulting Fee$9K

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$20

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$31K

Consulting Fee$9K

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$20

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Barry Trachtenberg'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). 63 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Jerry Estep Cardiology · Houston, TX	182	1,714
Arvind Bhimaraj Cardiology · Houston, TX	113	1,061
Chun Lin Interventional Cardiology · San Francisco, CA	108	630
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	84	307
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	84	330
David Katz Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	70	301
Dipan Shah Cardiology · Houston, TX	69	195
Tilottama Majumdar Pulmonary Disease · Birmingham, AL	67	413
Faisal Nabi Cardiology · Houston, TX	62	165
Rajesh Amin Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	62	249
Sherif Nagueh Cardiology · Houston, TX	55	144
HEDRICK, THOMAS	55	280

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.

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