What is Russell Brink's specialty?

Russell Brink (NPI 1780978171) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Houston, TX.

Where does Russell Brink practice?

Russell Brink practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1780978171.

How much does Medicare pay Russell Brink?

Russell Brink (NPI 1780978171) received approximately $136K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 321 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780978171

Russell BrinkD.O.

NephrologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

658

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,496

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$128K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,428

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$716K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

30.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Sevelamer Carbonate117 claims

Furosemide90 claims

Losartan Potassium81 claims

Carvedilol78 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol75 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

93.2

Cost

72.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$818

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$794

Education$25

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$794

Education$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Russell Brink'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). 86 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Charles Henry Nephrology · Houston, TX	167	605
Marializa Bernardo Nephrology · Houston, TX	129	637
Ryan Armstrong Interventional Radiology · Shenandoah, TX	123	679
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	108	374
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF TEXAS, INC.	100	868
Fort Bend County Ambulance Service Provider · Rosenberg, TX	82	205
Mayank Parikh Cardiology · Richmond, TX	74	302
B. Aurora Tomita Nephrology · Honolulu, HI	73	193
Richard Oria Diagnostic Radiology · Cypress, TX	70	237
Meghana Gore Hospitalist · Rochester, NY	70	232
David Chao Pulmonary Disease · Sugar Land, TX	61	318
PORTER, ROBERT	60	150

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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