PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1790724714

Luis OrtegaMD

NephrologyPittsburgh, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

309

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

509

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$50K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 452 Nephrology providers in PA — below median (cohort median 1,017).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,580

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$204K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate157 claims

Ramipril140 claims

Carvedilol99 claims

Chlorthalidone81 claims

Calcitriol76 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.9

Quality

85.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$23

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$23

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Luis Ortega'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). 26 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC.	91	332
Jeffrey Mueller Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	40	119
Christopher Bonnet Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Pittsburgh, PA	39	137
David Epstein Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	36	125
Timothy Mickus Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	36	94
TOTAL RENAL CARE INC	32	291
Rishi Maheshwary Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	28	78
Rozlyn Berty Internal Medicine · Pittsburgh, PA	27	192
Khaled Nashar Nephrology · Pittsburgh, PA	26	74
Paul Klepchick Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	25	48
Adrienne Vargo Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Paul, MN	24	55
Bibianna Klepchick Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	22	51

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history