PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780608935

John PolitzM.D.

PRACTICECARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PASee all providers at this practice →

Vascular SurgeryAustin, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

225

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

242

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$45K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 273 Vascular Surgery providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 854).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$214

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate17 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.1

Quality

67.3

Cost

72.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

97.0

Payment adjustment

0.47%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$757

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$757

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Politz'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ASCENSION SETON	69	190
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	34	106
Erin Mitchell Physician Assistant · Austin, TX	22	39
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	18	58
WITWER, GORDON	17	47
City Of Austin Ambulance Service Provider · Austin, TX	14	30
Ian Mcloughlin Diagnostic Radiology · Austin, TX	13	31
NPI 1255335535	13	23
Timothy Hines Nephrology · Austin, TX	12	49

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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