PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831159789

James BlackMD

CardiologyAustin, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

753

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,048

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$57K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,379 Cardiology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 2,215).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,377

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$386K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate269 claims

Apixaban191 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium93 claims

Flecainide Acetate77 claims

Losartan Potassium74 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 James Black'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). 47 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	1,187	8,323
Kathleen Halka Hematology · Temple, TX	145	502
Christopher Chiles Cardiology · Temple, TX	65	245
Philip Houck Internal Medicine · Temple, TX	59	200
MICHEL, JEFFREY	57	181
SIENKIEL, ANN	57	245
Gregory Olsovsky Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Temple, TX	53	149
NPI 1407816796	52	163
SCOTT & WHITE HOSPITAL - ROUND ROCK	41	266
Clint Gerdes Diagnostic Radiology · Temple, TX	38	97
Javier Banchs Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Temple, TX	37	107
Scott & White Ems, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Temple, TX	34	78

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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