What is Ricardo Vilches's specialty?

Ricardo Vilches (NPI 1699840454) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Lakeland, FL.

Where does Ricardo Vilches practice?

Ricardo Vilches practices in Lakeland, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1699840454.

How much does Medicare pay Ricardo Vilches?

Ricardo Vilches (NPI 1699840454) received approximately $140K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 320 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699840454

Ricardo VilchesMD

PRACTICECENTRAL FLORIDA KIDNEY CARE PASee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyLakeland, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

547

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,135

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$132K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 590 Nephrology providers in FL — below median (cohort median 1,894).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,185

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$357K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

41.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Dapagliflozin Propanediol229 claims

Empagliflozin143 claims

Losartan Potassium91 claims

Amlodipine Besylate60 claims

Furosemide57 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

84.7

Cost

88.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$567

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$542

Education$25

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$542

Education$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ricardo Vilches'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). 62 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	218	1,021
NPI 1255335535	101	682
DVA RENAL HEALTHCARE INC	61	641
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	56	144
Philip Owen Cardiology · Lakeland, FL	54	181
Jong Ho Park Diagnostic Radiology · Lakeland, FL	50	147
Jeffrey Gronkiewicz Diagnostic Radiology · Lakeland, FL	45	113
TOTAL RENAL CARE INC	40	410
Howard Sterling Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZ	39	114
Regina Ason Diagnostic Radiology · Lakeland, FL	39	91
Kevin Sawyer Diagnostic Radiology · Lakeland, FL	39	69
Martha Lima Diagnostic Radiology · Lakeland, FL	37	70

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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