What is Jorge Alvarez's specialty?

Jorge Alvarez (NPI 1821183559) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Interventional Cardiology in San Antonio, TX.

Where does Jorge Alvarez practice?

Jorge Alvarez practices in San Antonio, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1821183559.

How much does Medicare pay Jorge Alvarez?

Jorge Alvarez (NPI 1821183559) received approximately $641K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 2,182 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821183559

Jorge AlvarezMD

PRACTICESAN ANTONIO CARDIOLOGY CLINIC PASee all providers at this practice →

Interventional CardiologySan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,583

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

7,944

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$582K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 466 Interventional Cardiology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 2,367).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,331

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$862K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate577 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium559 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate485 claims

Apixaban291 claims

Losartan Potassium261 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.3

Quality

75.2

Cost

76.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.52%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$9K

Payment records

222

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$4K

Food and Beverage$4K

Travel and Lodging$842

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$4K

Food and Beverage$4K

Travel and Lodging$842

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Jorge Alvarez'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). 122 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	1,138	3,575
City Of San Antonio Texas Ambulance Service Provider · San Antonio, TX	130	271
Michael Lane Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	117	235
Jorge Velez Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	108	228
Javier Bocanegra Family Practice · San Antonio, TX	103	291
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	88	249
James Dix Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	87	137
BRUSH, RUTH	75	131
Michael Lepeska Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	72	203
Michael Orsi Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	72	102
Vishal Nemarugommula Family Practice · San Antonio, TX	61	177
Joyce Schwartz Pathology · Shavano Park, TX	58	136

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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