What is Howard Brazil's specialty?

Howard Brazil (NPI 1699765271) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Fairhope, AL.

Where does Howard Brazil practice?

Howard Brazil practices in Fairhope, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1699765271.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Brazil?

Howard Brazil (NPI 1699765271) received approximately $128K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 637 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699765271

Howard BrazilMD

CardiologyFairhope, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,734

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,162

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$110K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 236 Cardiology providers in AL — below median (cohort median 2,950).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,043

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban391 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium365 claims

Metoprolol Succinate359 claims

Carvedilol342 claims

Furosemide317 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.5

Quality

67.1

Cost

72.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.02%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$415

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$415

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$415

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Brazil'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). 83 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
JACKSON HOSPITAL & CLINIC, INC.	472	1,599
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	119	303
Robert Hutto Diagnostic Radiology · Montgomery, AL	108	282
Gary Scott Diagnostic Radiology · Montgomery, AL	96	259
Bobby Brown Family Practice · Prattville, AL	86	204
LIFESTAR RESPONSE OF ALABAMA, INC.	85	301
Sachi Gupta Internal Medicine · Prattville, AL	84	265
George Wakefield Diagnostic Radiology · Montgomery, AL	69	141
Haynes Ambulance Of Alabama, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Montgomery, AL	69	137
Richard Sample Emergency Medicine · Montgomery, AL	66	163
Khalid Rasheed Internal Medicine · Prattville, AL	59	181
CUMBIE, WILLIAM	58	211

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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