What is Laura Pontes's specialty?

Laura Pontes (NPI 1770706343) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in Dallas, TX.

Where does Laura Pontes practice?

Laura Pontes practices in Dallas, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1770706343.

How much does Medicare pay Laura Pontes?

Laura Pontes (NPI 1770706343) received approximately $23K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 186 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770706343

Laura PontesPA-C

Physician AssistantDallas, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

284

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

361

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$21K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,198 Physician Assistant providers in TX — above median (cohort median 254).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

979

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$6.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

54.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Ustekinumab165 claims

Diphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine82 claims

Dicyclomine Hcl80 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium72 claims

Adalimumab58 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.9

Quality

70.2

Cost

72.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.33%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$12K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$9K

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Education$25

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$9K

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Education$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Laura Pontes'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
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	96	386
Bradley Strout Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	11	31
Richard Batz Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	11	18

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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