What is Alex Lechin's specialty?

Alex Lechin (NPI 1790710895) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Houston, TX.

Where does Alex Lechin practice?

Alex Lechin practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1790710895.

How much does Medicare pay Alex Lechin?

Alex Lechin (NPI 1790710895) received approximately $260K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 139 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

Top paying entities

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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