PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1700809480

Carlos CruzM D

PRACTICESURGERY ASSOCIATES OF NTX, PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

Vascular SurgeryDenton, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,996

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,314

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$191K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 273 Vascular Surgery providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 854).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

343

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$63K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

72.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate114 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen57 claims

Rivaroxaban50 claims

Cilostazol44 claims

Warfarin Sodium21 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.4

Quality

80.5

Cost

84.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.57%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$863

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$863

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carlos Cruz'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). 96 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER OF DENTON SUBSIDIARY LP	618	1,654
Denton Vascular Lab Inc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Denton, TX	474	1,118
Jason Ma Diagnostic Radiology · Plano, TX	150	374
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	102	246
Saad Manzoul Diagnostic Radiology · Plano, TX	95	225
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	93	211
Maanasi Burak Diagnostic Radiology · Philadelphia, PA	68	118
TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL DENTON	62	165
City Of Denton Ambulance Service Provider · Denton, TX	58	83
Robert Connaughton General Surgery · Allen, TX	56	179
Rouhollah Prueitt Emergency Medicine · Lewisville, TX	56	108
THHBP MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC	55	152

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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