PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1841279981

Edgar LermaM.D.

NephrologyEvergreen Park, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

530

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,676

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$156K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 404 Nephrology providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 1,672).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

213

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$105K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

38.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Sevelamer Carbonate69 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol40 claims

Spironolactone27 claims

Lisinopril19 claims

Ferric Citrate18 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$46K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$35K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$8K

Honoraria$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

Travel and Lodging$329

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Edgar Lerma'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). 63 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
City Of Chicago Ambulance Service Provider · Chicago, IL	79	178
April Kennedy Nephrology · Chicago, IL	76	206
Nic Hristea Nephrology · Chicago, IL	55	156
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Elmhurst, IL	54	145
Masood Qazi Cardiology · Oak Lawn, IL	52	109
Joseph Mularczyk Cardiology · Evergreen Park, IL	49	119
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	47	145
RAGHAVAN, VINITHA	44	141
Alan Jackson Cardiology · Chicago, IL	41	99
Jeffrey Neiger Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Oak Lawn, IL	39	105
PIERCE, KENNETH	36	70
Nimeet Brahmbhatt Nephrology · Chicago, IL	31	71

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history