What is David Yao's specialty?

David Yao (NPI 1740440973) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Houston, TX.

Where does David Yao practice?

David Yao practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740440973.

How much does Medicare pay David Yao?

David Yao (NPI 1740440973) received approximately $1.5M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 864 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740440973

David YaoM.D.

PRACTICEHOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INCSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,249

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

8,795

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.5M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,379 Cardiology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 2,215).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,995

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$500K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban236 claims

Metoprolol Succinate184 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium164 claims

Amlodipine Besylate130 claims

Carvedilol129 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

Total received

$4K

Payment records

104

By payment type

Food and Beverage$4K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$4K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where David Yao'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). 93 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Chun Lin Interventional Cardiology · San Francisco, CA	117	444
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	99	391
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	92	243
Nadim Zacca Cardiology · Houston, TX	82	218
HEDRICK, THOMAS	80	341
David Katz Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	80	301
Rajesh Amin Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	77	304
John Haddad Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	72	210
Dipan Shah Cardiology · Houston, TX	71	167
Nam Yu Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	69	234
Zsolt Garami General Practice · Houston, TX	65	206
Kapil Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	63	183

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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