PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1700828019

Howard RomeroD.O.

PRACTICEFRED LIM, M.D., INCSee all providers at this practice →

Emergency MedicineGlendale, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

551

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

563

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$58K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 5,287 Emergency Medicine providers in CA — above median (cohort median 355).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

217

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$901

Distinct drugs

Brand share

9.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Cephalexin51 claims

Ibuprofen47 claims

Tramadol Hcl31 claims

Prednisone23 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen21 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

96.7

Quality

90.0

Cost

78.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.91%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$277

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$277

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Romero'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). 42 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LIS, LEON	210	366
Jose Tandoc Diagnostic Radiology · Arcadia, CA	157	283
SCHAEFER AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC	107	180
Wilson Wong Diagnostic Radiology · Arcadia, CA	100	196
City Of Arcadia Ambulance Service Provider · Arcadia, CA	78	128
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	76	174
MILES, THOMAS	64	117
Dino Clarizio Internal Medicine · Arcadia, CA	64	105
Douglas Yun Cardiology · Arcadia, CA	42	98
Ben Chiang Family Practice · Hacienda Heights, CA	40	97
ZEE, DANIEL	37	61
KATAGIHARA, ELTON	31	62

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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