What is Brick Alva's specialty?

Brick Alva (NPI 1720025380) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Houston, TX.

Where does Brick Alva practice?

Brick Alva practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720025380.

How much does Medicare pay Brick Alva?

Brick Alva (NPI 1720025380) received approximately $35K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 132 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720025380

Brick AlvaM.D.

PRACTICEBRICK EDUARDO ALVA, M.D. , P.A.See all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

279

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

320

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$32K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,103 Gastroenterology providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 699).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

300

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$34K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

56.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates66 claims

Omeprazole66 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl63 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl26 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium21 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$367

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$367

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$367

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brick Alva'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NEW MEDICAL HORIZONS II, LTD.	49	187
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	31	112
NORTH CYPRESS MEDICAL CENTER OPERATING COMPANY, LTD.	15	77
Nishani Gunasekera Anesthesiology · Houston, TX	15	49
HAUSNER, RICHARD	14	44
Pradnya Haldankar Anesthesiology · Houston, TX	14	44
Rebecca Yorke Pathology · Houston, TX	13	46
MOTIWALA, NISRIN	11	37

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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