What is Ernest De La Cruz's specialty?

Ernest De La Cruz (NPI 1821075334) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Princeton, NJ.

Where does Ernest De La Cruz practice?

Ernest De La Cruz practices in Princeton, NJ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1821075334.

How much does Medicare pay Ernest De La Cruz?

Ernest De La Cruz (NPI 1821075334) received approximately $70K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 402 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821075334

Ernest De La CruzMD

Internal MedicinePrinceton, NJI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,362

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,737

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$69K

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

4,006

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$534K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium420 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium239 claims

Amlodipine Besylate223 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium203 claims

Metformin Hcl150 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ernest De La Cruz'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ENZO CLINICAL LABS, INC.	180	381
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	47	79
Douglas Corazza Internal Medicine · Princeton, NJ	26	39
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Norristown, PA	25	58
Vickie Hug Internal Medicine · Princeton, NJ	13	19
John Passalaris Cardiology · Princeton, NJ	13	35
Prashant Bakhru Diagnostic Radiology · Kendall Park, NJ	12	19
Laura Hildebrant Internal Medicine · Princeton, NJ	11	32

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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