What is Richard Lawson's specialty?

Richard Lawson (NPI 1659353902) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Radiation Oncology in San Marcos, TX.

Where does Richard Lawson practice?

Richard Lawson practices in San Marcos, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1659353902.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Lawson?

Richard Lawson (NPI 1659353902) received approximately $1.5M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 379 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659353902

Richard LawsonMD

Radiation OncologySan Marcos, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,454

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

21,567

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.4M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 329 Radiation Oncology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 1,836).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

352

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

30.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Tamsulosin Hcl151 claims

Tolterodine Tartrate39 claims

Silver Sulfadiazine33 claims

Dexamethasone24 claims

Alfuzosin Hcl23 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.1

Quality

67.5

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.43%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Lawson'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). 15 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Abram Trevino Medical Oncology · New Braunfels, TX	94	16,313
CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA HEALTH CARE CORPORATION	69	737
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	65	941
MILBOURN, JOHN	34	283
Rene Castillo Medical Oncology · Austin, TX	25	3,759
RESOLUTE HOSPITAL COMPANY, LLC	22	276
Jason Smith Hematology-Oncology · San Marcos, TX	22	5,063
DABAS, BASEL	18	985
Richard Hensley Pathology · San Antonio, TX	15	129
Song Hong Critical Care (Intensivists) · Longview, TX	15	194
HICKMAN, MARK	15	184
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	14	88

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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