PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770531758

Michael SanderM.D.

Orthopedic SurgeryWeslaco, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

320

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

354

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$57K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,568 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TX — below median (cohort median 1,443).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

128

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$941

Distinct drugs

Brand share

50.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen65 claims

Celecoxib29 claims

Meloxicam20 claims

Tramadol Hcl14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.6

Quality

72.5

Cost

68.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

94.0

Payment adjustment

0.49%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$194

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$194

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Sander'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DOCTORS HOSPITAL AT RENAISSANCE, LTD	171	490
ZION LABORATORY SERVICES, INC.	36	92
Vangala Reddy Diagnostic Radiology · Edinburg, TX	29	69
Taqi Salaam Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Austin, TX	26	64
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	25	60
Pedro Mcdougal Internal Medicine · Weslaco, TX	23	128
NPI 1437107588	20	34
Pedro Penalo Internal Medicine · Weslaco, TX	20	81
GRAHAM, FRANKLIN	20	47
Jose Lares Internal Medicine · Weslaco, TX	16	51
Patrick Sander Orthopedic Surgery · Edinburg, TX	16	38
Dennis Slavin Anesthesiology · Weslaco, TX	13	36

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

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history