What is Gladys Velarde's specialty?

Gladys Velarde (NPI 1720024508) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Jacksonville, FL.

Where does Gladys Velarde practice?

Gladys Velarde practices in Jacksonville, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720024508.

How much does Medicare pay Gladys Velarde?

Gladys Velarde (NPI 1720024508) received approximately $34K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 415 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720024508

Gladys VelardeMD

PRACTICESHANDS JACKSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER INCSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyJacksonville, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

537

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

588

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$32K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,499 Cardiology providers in FL — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,540).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,021

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$198K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium134 claims

Metoprolol Succinate68 claims

Spironolactone66 claims

Empagliflozin65 claims

Ezetimibe65 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

59.6

Quality

59.9

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-1.85%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$117

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$117

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$117

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Gladys Velarde'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). 43 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Christopher Klassen Diagnostic Radiology · Milwaukee, WI	113	313
City Of Jacksonville Ambulance Service Provider · Jacksonville, FL	98	223
Gregory Wynn Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	94	241
EDGAR, DIANA	89	190
Cassandra Fernandez Diagnostic Radiology · El Segundo, CA	63	156
STROM, JOEL	60	105
Patrick Antoun Interventional Cardiology · Jacksonville, FL	56	155
Travis Edelstein Diagnostic Radiology · Woodbridge, VA	54	119
NPI 1104891811	46	94
Sukhwinder Sandhu Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	43	69
Savas Ozdemir Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	40	83
Charles Heilig Nephrology · Jacksonville, FL	30	52

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.

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