What is Ricardo Alvarez's specialty?

Ricardo Alvarez (NPI 1649441601) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Houston, TX.

Where does Ricardo Alvarez practice?

Ricardo Alvarez practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1649441601.

How much does Medicare pay Ricardo Alvarez?

Ricardo Alvarez (NPI 1649441601) received approximately $297K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 56 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649441601

Ricardo AlvarezMD

PRACTICEONCOLOGY CONSULTANTS, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

148

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

246

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$13K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

682

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.8M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Anastrozole80 claims

Alendronate Sodium60 claims

Apalutamide48 claims

Dexamethasone46 claims

Olanzapine39 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

83.3

Quality

71.8

Cost

66.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

97.0

Payment adjustment

0.35%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$94K

Payment records

117

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$72K

Travel and Lodging$16K

Consulting Fee$3K

Food and Beverage$3K

Honoraria$266

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$72K

Travel and Lodging$16K

Consulting Fee$3K

Food and Beverage$3K

Honoraria$266

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ricardo Alvarez'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). 1 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	48	325

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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