PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649479874

Maricruz Merino

Internal MedicineGallup, NMI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

171

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

292

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$19K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 451 Internal Medicine providers in NM — below median (cohort median 364).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$770

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Lactulose13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.2

Quality

61.1

Cost

81.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.13%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Maricruz Merino'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DHHS,PHS,NAIHS, GALLUP INDIAN MEDICAL CENTER	226	1,505
Daniel Beggs Diagnostic Radiology · Gallup, NM	64	143
Patrick Ignacio Emergency Medicine · Gardena, CA	20	48
VANDERLOOP, ASHLEY	16	72
JJDAC INC.	15	39
DAWES, FRANKLIN	15	27
Jennie Wei Internal Medicine · Gallup, NM	15	29
THE FORT DEFIANCE INDIAN HOSPITAL BOARD, INCORPORATION	12	34
James Lisko Internal Medicine · Gallup, NM	11	33

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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