PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831300805

Santa MerleM.D.

Hematology-OncologyGuaynabo, PRI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$3K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 71 Hematology-Oncology providers in PR — top quintile (cohort median 980).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,244

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$16.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Anastrozole711 claims

Dexamethasone149 claims

Exemestane142 claims

Prednisone134 claims

Aprepitant130 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$7K

Payment records

197

By payment type

Food and Beverage$4K

Consulting Fee$3K

Education$188

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Santa Merle'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratorio Clinico Irizarry Guasch Inc Clinical Laboratory · Mayaguez, PR	19	342
BELLA VISTA HOSPITAL INC	17	130
MAYAGUEZ MEDICAL CENTER DR RAMON EMETERIO BETANCES INC	14	31

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history