What is Richard Santa Cruz's specialty?

Richard Santa Cruz (NPI 1861423758) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Interventional Cardiology in Appleton, WI.

Where does Richard Santa Cruz practice?

Richard Santa Cruz practices in Appleton, WI, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1861423758.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Santa Cruz?

Richard Santa Cruz (NPI 1861423758) received approximately $463K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,145 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861423758

Richard Santa CruzMD

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Interventional CardiologyAppleton, WII

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,073

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,740

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$410K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 82 Interventional Cardiology providers in WI — top quintile (cohort median 1,961).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,467

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$270K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate187 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium154 claims

Metoprolol Succinate154 claims

Apixaban113 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium108 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Santa Cruz'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). 89 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
AGNESIAN HEALTHCARE, INC	1,017	8,409
KELM, MARY	161	487
CHANTELOIS, ALLEN	150	310
LARSON, PAUL	137	290
Galina Petrinska Hospitalist · Fond Du Lac, WI	121	359
Amy Reif Hospitalist · The Woodlands, TX	107	216
Charles Washington Emergency Medicine · Waupaca, WI	105	231
Mark Kermgard Emergency Medicine · Fond Du Lac, WI	100	246
Firas Zahwe Internal Medicine · Warren, MI	97	248
Yasir Hatahet Pulmonary Disease · Fond Du Lac, WI	86	326
Douglas Conners Diagnostic Radiology · New Berlin, WI	84	153
Rolando Espiritu Hospitalist · Fon Du Lac, WI	82	215

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.

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