What is Fausto Salinas's specialty?

Fausto Salinas (NPI 1740243443) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Tuscaloosa, AL.

Where does Fausto Salinas practice?

Fausto Salinas practices in Tuscaloosa, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740243443.

How much does Medicare pay Fausto Salinas?

Fausto Salinas (NPI 1740243443) received approximately $262K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 473 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740243443

Fausto SalinasMD

PRACTICETUSCALOOSA LUNG & SLEEP CONSULTANTSSee all providers at this practice →

Pulmonary DiseaseTuscaloosa, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,875

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,944

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$259K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 167 Pulmonary Disease providers in AL — top quintile (cohort median 943).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,245

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.5M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

86.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Albuterol Sulfate663 claims

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter290 claims

Umeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr155 claims

Budesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol136 claims

Fluticasone/Vilanterol127 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

65.8

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

153

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Fausto Salinas'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). 90 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SPEED, JAMES	203	1,290
Northstar Ems, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Tuscaloosa, AL	170	1,139
Margaret Guarisco Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	164	1,242
Louis Lucas Diagnostic Radiology · Birmingham, AL	152	1,115
VAUM, RICHARD	145	1,295
Robert Hamiter Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	141	962
Bernard Veillon Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	141	834
Mathew Merritt Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	129	850
Elizabeth Caldwell Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	126	702
KING, CHARLES	121	658
Russell Scholl Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	120	785
Warren Holley Cardiology · Northport, AL	105	781

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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