What is Axel Velez Santiago's specialty?

Axel Velez Santiago (NPI 1740276047) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in San German, PR.

Where does Axel Velez Santiago practice?

Axel Velez Santiago practices in San German, PR, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740276047.

How much does Medicare pay Axel Velez Santiago?

Axel Velez Santiago (NPI 1740276047) received approximately $13K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 49 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740276047

Axel Velez SantiagoMD

Pulmonary DiseaseSan German, PRI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

249

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

402

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$11K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 104 Pulmonary Disease providers in PR — top quintile (cohort median 125).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,290

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

58.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Albuterol Sulfate1,348 claims

Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol1,338 claims

Fluticasone Propionate1,058 claims

Prednisone637 claims

Azithromycin409 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Axel Velez Santiago'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HOSPITAL DE LA CONCEPCION INC	53	155
Sibel Pabon Reyes General Practice · Sabana Grande, PR	22	44
Daniel Valle Diagnostic Radiology · Mayaguez, PR	15	30
Laboratorio Clinico Irizarry Guasch Inc Clinical Laboratory · Mayaguez, PR	13	28

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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