What is Arlene Ricardo's specialty?

Arlene Ricardo (NPI 1750363495) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Houston, TX.

Where does Arlene Ricardo practice?

Arlene Ricardo practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1750363495.

How much does Medicare pay Arlene Ricardo?

Arlene Ricardo (NPI 1750363495) received approximately $78K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 705 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1750363495

Arlene RicardoMD

General SurgeryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

792

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

815

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$71K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,477 General Surgery providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 212).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

296

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$6K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

7.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Letrozole115 claims

Tamoxifen Citrate60 claims

Anastrozole50 claims

Tramadol Hcl37 claims

Tramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen21 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.1

Quality

85.0

Cost

83.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

98.0

Payment adjustment

0.64%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Arlene Ricardo'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). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NATESAN, RAJNI	133	296
Jay Parikh Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	70	188
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	44	129
Megan Kalambo Diagnostic Radiology · Sugar Land, TX	26	60
Richard Brown Pathology · Houston, TX	20	63
PUGH, WILLIAM	19	47
STAVINOHA, JOHN	19	42
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	18	42
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	13	28
CONLON, CHARLES	11	32
Kristina Burt Pathology · Houston, TX	11	37

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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