What is Victor Ortega's specialty?

Victor Ortega (NPI 1821266453) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Winston Salem, NC.

Where does Victor Ortega practice?

Victor Ortega practices in Winston Salem, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1821266453.

How much does Medicare pay Victor Ortega?

Victor Ortega (NPI 1821266453) received approximately $38K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 251 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821266453

Victor OrtegaM.D.

PRACTICEWAKE AIR CARE LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Pulmonary DiseaseWinston Salem, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

279

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

386

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$33K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 326 Pulmonary Disease providers in NC — below median (cohort median 770).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

910

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$451K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

72.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Azithromycin141 claims

Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate86 claims

Beclomethasone Dipropionate82 claims

Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate76 claims

Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate65 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.5

Quality

78.3

Cost

76.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.48%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$389

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$375

Food and Beverage$14

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$375

Food and Beverage$14

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Victor Ortega'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). 21 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	143	748
Wesley Haisty Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Winston Salem, NC	36	79
NPI 1326023342	28	56
Anita Thomas Nuclear Medicine · Winston-Salem, NC	26	68
HOLBERT, J.	25	62
Caron Dover Diagnostic Radiology · Winston Salem, NC	23	38
NPI 1124002183	21	43
Matthew Miles Internal Medicine · Winston Salem, NC	20	62
LESKO, NADINE	19	38
Forsyth County Ambulance Service Provider · Winston Salem, NC	18	37
Christina Bellinger Pulmonary Disease · Winston Salem, NC	16	29
ADAIR, NORMAN	15	53

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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