PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1679523005

Carol StrakaM.D.

PRACTICEDMA NUTRITON INCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineNiles, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,622

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,418

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$185K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,790 Internal Medicine providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 760).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,952

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$497K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

19.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium504 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium379 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium371 claims

Losartan Potassium306 claims

Amlodipine Besylate287 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carol Straka'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). 19 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION	210	528
Shilpa Joglekar Internal Medicine · Niles, IL	43	95
Quest Diagnostics Llc Il Clinical Laboratory · Schaumburg, IL	37	87
Maria Devries Diagnostic Radiology · Park Ridge, IL	35	59
SIEGFRIED, MICHAEL	32	67
Gail Herman Internal Medicine · Niles, IL	32	74
ENDEAVOR HEALTH CLINICAL OPERATIONS	30	62
John Phillips Diagnostic Radiology · Park Ridge, IL	22	37
Glen Geremia Diagnostic Radiology · Park Ridge, IL	21	43
KHEDKAR, NANDA	21	36
LAURENT, ELISA	19	35
GNEGY, RICHARD	19	39

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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