What is Ruben Velasquez's specialty?

Ruben Velasquez (NPI 1659451854) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Vallejo, CA.

Where does Ruben Velasquez practice?

Ruben Velasquez practices in Vallejo, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1659451854.

How much does Medicare pay Ruben Velasquez?

Ruben Velasquez (NPI 1659451854) received approximately $43K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 242 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659451854

Ruben VelasquezM.D.

PRACTICERUBEN S. VELASQUEZ, M.D., INC.See all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineVallejo, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

664

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

918

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$42K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — above median (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,083

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$308K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium512 claims

Amlodipine Besylate412 claims

Metformin Hcl277 claims

Glipizide168 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium152 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$41

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$41

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$41

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ruben Velasquez'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SUTTER VALLEY HOSPITALS	315	853
NPI 1083641898	122	274
Vincent Wong Diagnostic Radiology · Walnut Creek, CA	99	220
Keith Tao Diagnostic Radiology · Walnut Creek, CA	70	153
Madhusudan Borde Cardiology · Vallejo, CA	70	202
Dineshkumar Thakur Cardiology · Vallejo, CA	47	164
Tuan Dang Hospitalist · San Pablo, CA	44	132
Laybon Jones Internal Medicine · Vallejo, CA	42	75
James Horodyski Internal Medicine · Fairfield, CA	41	88
Aye Kyu Internal Medicine · Vallejo, CA	37	106
NPI 1205862042	35	71
Michael Luu Critical Care (Intensivists) · Vallejo, CA	34	160

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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