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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1710972559

Arnold BarzMD

PRACTICENORTHWEST LOUISIANA NEPHROLOGY, LLCSee all providers at this practice →
NephrologyShreveport, LAI
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MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
2,900
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
4,671
Distinct HCPCS
20
Medicare payment
$269K
Peer benchmark
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Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 153 Nephrology providers in LA — top quintile (cohort median 787).
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
776
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$188K
Distinct drugs
22
Brand share
21.0%
Top prescribed drugs
Hydralazine Hcl122 claims
Sevelamer Carbonate86 claims
Nifedipine64 claims
Sucroferric Oxyhydroxide53 claims
Amlodipine Besylate51 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
88.0
Quality
66.6
Cost
70.3
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
100.0
Payment adjustment
0.55%
Group
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$1K
Payment records
69
By payment type
Food and Beverage$1K
Education$90
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Arnold Barz'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). 132 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Philip Garavaglia
Nephrology · Shreveport, LA
196549
Michael Rokaw
Nephrology · Shreveport, LA
182520
Stephen Patton
Internal Medicine · Shreveport, LA
173429
WILLIS KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC.165602
PATTERSON, EUGENE162416
Sreedhara Alla
Nephrology · Shreveport, LA
159437
Raja Zabaneh
Nephrology · Shreveport, LA
158564
ALBA, JOSE136423
Wayne Homza
Diagnostic Radiology · Shreveport, LA
124294
Balentine Ambulance Service Inc.
Ambulance Service Provider · Shreveport, LA
119404
HENLEY, TRAVIS116394
Brent Boudreaux
Diagnostic Radiology · Shreveport, LA
114333
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.