PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649278474

Howard MertzM.D.

GastroenterologyNashville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,415

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,411

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$218K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 258 Gastroenterology providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 809).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,511

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$696K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole295 claims

Famotidine120 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium102 claims

Sucralfate52 claims

Mesalamine50 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

181

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$22

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Mertz'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). 71 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Endoscopy Center Of St Thomas Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Nashville, TN	207	452
Pathgroup Labs, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Nashville, TN	93	227
Jonathan Allgood Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Nashville, TN	90	193
Terence Casey Pathology · New Orleans, LA	86	204
Viraj Parikh Diagnostic Radiology · Goodlettsville, TN	78	177
Melanie Lawless Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Nashville, TN	78	146
Charles Swafford Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Nashville, TN	72	140
Jeffrey Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Goodlettsville, TN	49	113
Jonathan Gordon Diagnostic Radiology · Goodlettsville, TN	46	132
DAVIS, CARLA	42	100
Adriana Gonzalez Gerdeman Pathology · Nashville, TN	39	90
Peter Damp Emergency Medicine · Nashville, TN	37	87

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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