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

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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