PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1790710895

Alex LechinM.D., F.C.C.P.

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Internal MedicineHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,494

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

8,188

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$245K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,183 Internal Medicine providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 673).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,669

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.9M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

44.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole303 claims

Albuterol Sulfate189 claims

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter178 claims

Semaglutide131 claims

Furosemide90 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Alex Lechin'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). 40 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CHCA BAYSHORE LP	125	285
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	113	498
SHAHAR, JULIO	63	235
YOM, SUN	52	174
Jennifer Everett - Damewood Internal Medicine · Hendersonville, TN	42	130
Primex Clinical Laboratories Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Van Nuys, CA	39	180
Cynthia Woo Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	37	100
Vivek Bansal Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	35	93
Christopher Bathurst Diagnostic Radiology · College Station, TX	33	93
Dean Nasser Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	33	157
Augustus Fahnbulleh Infectious Disease · Houston, TX	31	194
Angel Perez Internal Medicine · Channelview, TX	31	248

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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