What is Bruce Nelson's specialty?

Bruce Nelson (NPI 1740377621) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery in Houston, TX.

Where does Bruce Nelson practice?

Bruce Nelson practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740377621.

How much does Medicare pay Bruce Nelson?

Bruce Nelson (NPI 1740377621) received approximately $341K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 395 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740377621

Bruce NelsonM.D.

Micrographic Dermatologic SurgeryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,502

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,489

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$296K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 25 Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery providers in TX — above median (cohort median 2,295).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

724

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$8K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

2.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Doxycycline Monohydrate466 claims

Lorazepam81 claims

Ketoconazole70 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide49 claims

Valacyclovir Hcl19 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Bruce Nelson'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	54	244
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	15	47
CHI ST. LUKE'S HEALTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL CENTER	11	17

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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ProviderScore

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