PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669448239

Howard RitzPA-C

PRACTICEGLENS FALLS HOSPITAL INC.See all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantGlens Falls, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

385

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

450

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$17K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 8,690 Physician Assistant providers in NY — top quintile (cohort median 149).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

769

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$83K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Fluticasone Propionate180 claims

Azelastine Hcl161 claims

Ipratropium Bromide115 claims

Mometasone Furoate39 claims

Prednisone36 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.9

Quality

71.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

98.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$460

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$460

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Ritz'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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK	68	268
Sean Kennedy Otolaryngology · Glens Falls, NY	29	138
HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK	24	129
Richard Dimick Diagnostic Radiology · Queensbury, NY	12	50
David Judkins Cardiology · Queensbury, NY	11	23
Joseph Mihindukulasuriya Nephrology · Glens Falls, NY	11	82
Geoffrey Hill Diagnostic Radiology · Glens Falls, NY	11	20

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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