What is Joseph Defrank Castro's specialty?

Joseph Defrank Castro (NPI 1801095864) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Newark, NJ.

Where does Joseph Defrank Castro practice?

Joseph Defrank Castro practices in Newark, NJ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1801095864.

How much does Medicare pay Joseph Defrank Castro?

Joseph Defrank Castro (NPI 1801095864) received approximately $125K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 557 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1801095864

Joseph Defrank CastroMD

PRACTICEVERA HOUSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineNewark, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

948

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,409

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$123K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,616 Internal Medicine providers in NJ — above median (cohort median 895).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

215

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium29 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium25 claims

Cefuroxime Axetil23 claims

Furosemide17 claims

Metoprolol Succinate17 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Defrank Castro'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). 79 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MONTEFIORE NYACK HOSPITAL	416	850
Roger Frey Diagnostic Radiology · New City, NY	150	325
Evan Kaminer Diagnostic Radiology · New City, NY	129	263
Steven Klein Diagnostic Radiology · New City, NY	123	271
Kenneth Blumberg Diagnostic Radiology · New City, NY	116	216
Boris Melnikau Internal Medicine · Nyack, NY	104	186
Angela Tapia Internal Medicine · Fort Myers, FL	75	127
Jayesh Sampat Internal Medicine · Nyack, NY	68	132
Azfar Chak Infectious Disease · Nyack, NY	61	124
Louis Eisen Diagnostic Radiology · New City, NY	60	96
William Greenhut Emergency Medicine · Nyack, NY	59	89
Mounika Tummala Internal Medicine · Charlottesville, VA	59	103

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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