What is Jose Cruz's specialty?

Jose Cruz (NPI 1720043524) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Hematology-Oncology in San Antonio, TX.

Where does Jose Cruz practice?

Jose Cruz practices in San Antonio, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720043524.

How much does Medicare pay Jose Cruz?

Jose Cruz (NPI 1720043524) received approximately $25K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 63 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720043524

Jose CruzMD

Hematology-OncologySan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

181

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$17K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 613 Hematology-Oncology providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,625).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

196

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

56.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Ruxolitinib Phosphate68 claims

Acyclovir26 claims

Valacyclovir Hcl21 claims

Famotidine17 claims

Dexamethasone15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.5

Quality

71.9

Cost

71.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.40%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$36K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$29K

Travel and Lodging$5K

Food and Beverage$1K

Consulting Fee$455

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$29K

Travel and Lodging$5K

Food and Beverage$1K

Consulting Fee$455

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Jose 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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	56	345
Paul Shaughnessy Hematology · San Antonio, TX	22	225
Behyar Zoghi Hematology-Oncology · San Antonio, TX	22	303
Seema Naik Hematology-Oncology · Hershey, PA	20	163
Joyce Schwartz Pathology · Shavano Park, TX	15	104
MERCHANT, SHAKIL	11	32

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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