What is Karla Velez Rivera's specialty?

Karla Velez Rivera (NPI 1801039961) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Mayaguez, PR.

Where does Karla Velez Rivera practice?

Karla Velez Rivera practices in Mayaguez, PR, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1801039961.

How much does Medicare pay Karla Velez Rivera?

Karla Velez Rivera (NPI 1801039961) received approximately $9K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 53 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1801039961

Karla Velez RiveraMD

Internal MedicineMayaguez, PRI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

100

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$5K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 426 Internal Medicine providers in PR — above median (cohort median 105).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,673

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$416K

Distinct drugs

110

Brand share

20.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium467 claims

Losartan Potassium298 claims

Gabapentin230 claims

Famotidine218 claims

Metoprolol Succinate212 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$492

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$492

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$492

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karla Velez Rivera'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MAYAGUEZ MEDICAL CENTER DR RAMON EMETERIO BETANCES INC	315	610
Carlos Lugo Olivieri Diagnostic Radiology · Mayaguez, PR	62	362
Xiomara Quinones Vargas General Practice · Winter Haven, FL	37	68
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY OF PR	27	31
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	19	36
Juan Colon Rivera Urology · Mayaguez, PR	17	27
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF MAYAGUEZ, INC.	16	30
ATLANTIS HEALTH CARE GROUP PUERTO RICO INC	12	16
Efrain Flores De Hostos Nephrology · Mayaguez, PR	12	30
HOSPITAL DE LA CONCEPCION INC	12	38
Luis Ramirez Ferrer General Surgery · Mayaguez, PR	11	26
BELLA VISTA HOSPITAL INC	11	39

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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