PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649268459

Ricardo VargasM.D.

PRACTICENOVANT HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Family PracticeLocust, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

911

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,436

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$66K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,740 Family Practice providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 664).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

11,990

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.0M

Distinct drugs

174

Brand share

26.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium310 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium310 claims

Gabapentin298 claims

Amlodipine Besylate278 claims

Omeprazole275 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$7

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ricardo Vargas'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Jacqueline Curley Physician Assistant · Charlotte, NC	60	339
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	57	258
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER LLC	23	83
Korie Lambert Physician Assistant · Huntersville, NC	22	60
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Charlotte, NC	15	30
John Green Diagnostic Radiology · Albemarle, NC	15	70
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	13	101
COMPLEAT REHAB & SPORTS THERAPY CENTER	13	74

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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