PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861409278

Nidal BuheisM.D.

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CardiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,640

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,514

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$659K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,581

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

30.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium939 claims

Amlodipine Besylate743 claims

Losartan Potassium628 claims

Apixaban582 claims

Metoprolol Succinate461 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

61.4

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nidal Buheis'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). 50 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	197	952
Gustavo Padron Diagnostic Radiology · Beaumont, TX	143	595
GARCIA, RAMON	103	427
Craig De Lord Diagnostic Radiology · Port Arthur, TX	102	397
MCLENDON, WILLIAM	97	581
James Wolff Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	87	278
HOME CARE ELITE, LLC	78	282
Michael Kolcun Emergency Medicine · Port Arthur, TX	74	230
Murlidhar Amin Cardiology · Port Arthur, TX	70	303
Joseph Nightingale Diagnostic Radiology · Port Arthur, TX	56	163
Charles Foutz Emergency Medicine · Port Arthur, TX	37	114
Accutox, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Beaumont, TX	35	116

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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