PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699751362

Frank MerianoM.D.

PRACTICEP.J. SCHWARZ, M.D., P.A.See all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

722

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

898

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$87K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,103 Gastroenterology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 699).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

754

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$135K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole314 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium78 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates63 claims

Sod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac41 claims

Famotidine35 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

69.8

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Frank Meriano'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). 38 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Memorial Hermann Texas International Endoscopy Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Houston, TX	112	136
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	92	268
Lisa Adams Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Tampa, FL	44	61
Lab Alliance Llc Clinical Laboratory · Carrollton, TX	40	50
Kapil Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	38	152
Rajesh Amin Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	35	77
Chun Lin Interventional Cardiology · San Francisco, CA	35	97
David Light Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	34	60
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	33	66
Nam Yu Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	30	74
James Shaffer Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Houston, TX	29	47
HEDRICK, THOMAS	25	61

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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