PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1679747067

Eric BalaguerMD

PRACTICETHE HAND INSTITUTE PLSee all providers at this practice →

Hand SurgeryMiami, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

118

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

165

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$10K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 129 Hand Surgery providers in FL — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,529).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

292

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Diclofenac Sodium103 claims

Meloxicam77 claims

Ibuprofen48 claims

Tramadol Hcl25 claims

Omeprazole22 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$21K

Payment records

By payment type

Education$14K

Food and Beverage$8K

Travel and Lodging$196

Consulting Fee$98

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Eric Balaguer'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Miami Hand Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Miami, FL	64	186
SIERRA, JANET	16	102
Brian Gwin Occupational Therapist in Private Practice · Miami, FL	11	44

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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