What is Karen Woods's specialty?

Karen Woods (NPI 1790781961) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Houston, TX.

Where does Karen Woods practice?

Karen Woods practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1790781961.

How much does Medicare pay Karen Woods?

Karen Woods (NPI 1790781961) received approximately $33K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 227 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1790781961

Karen WoodsMD

GastroenterologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

283

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

285

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$30K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,103 Gastroenterology providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 699).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

753

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$84K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

21.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole206 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium136 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates86 claims

Esomeprazole Magnesium62 claims

Famotidine60 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$254

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$254

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$254

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karen Woods'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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Mary Schwartz Pathology · Houston, TX	81	183
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	22	401
Amanda Layne Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Houston, TX	19	56
MISASI, ROBERT	13	26
John Labis Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	12	72
Deneice Brannan Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Hot Springs, AR	12	31
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	11	78

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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