What is Mario Ruiz's specialty?

Mario Ruiz (NPI 1841281177) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Denton, TX.

Where does Mario Ruiz practice?

Mario Ruiz practices in Denton, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1841281177.

How much does Medicare pay Mario Ruiz?

Mario Ruiz (NPI 1841281177) received approximately $29K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 206 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1841281177

Mario RuizMD

NephrologyDenton, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

289

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

329

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$27K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

526

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$13K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Cefuroxime Axetil71 claims

Azithromycin69 claims

Prednisone66 claims

Albuterol Sulfate40 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium40 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.4

Quality

93.7

Cost

89.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.03%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Mario Ruiz'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). 109 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER OF DENTON SUBSIDIARY LP	216	774
TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL DENTON	129	580
Arshad Asghar Nephrology · Irving, TX	125	620
George Rojas Internal Medicine · Denton, TX	124	619
Mohammad Hussain Nephrology · Denton, TX	85	307
RENAL CENTER OF NORTH DENTON, LLLP	85	1,373
Jason Ma Diagnostic Radiology · Plano, TX	84	333
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	83	228
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	82	198
David Suominen Diagnostic Radiology · Plano, TX	74	331
Saad Manzoul Diagnostic Radiology · Plano, TX	58	228
Ryomin Kim Diagnostic Radiology · Plano, TX	57	192

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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