PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851361703

Ariel VelascoM.D.

PRACTICEHOUSTON NEPHROLOGY GROUP, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

NephrologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

755

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,745

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$168K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,533

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$515K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

19.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcitriol651 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol254 claims

Losartan Potassium183 claims

Amlodipine Besylate124 claims

Terazosin Hcl114 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$253

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$253

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ariel Velasco'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). 95 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	190	1,133
Vijayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah Nephrology · Houston, TX	149	788
NPI 1255335535	104	887
Stephen Parven Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	87	461
Supratik Moulik Diagnostic Radiology · Missouri City, TX	69	272
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	65	214
Nowice Trexler Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	61	185
City Of Houston Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX	60	222
Stanley Lim Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	45	121
Minh Tran Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	42	532
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	42	168
Akram Shakhashiro Infectious Disease · Houston, TX	39	298

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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