PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861451999

Ponciano CruzMD

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DermatologyDallas, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

319

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,791

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$54K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 965 Dermatology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 2,537).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

455

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$10K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

3.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Minoxidil142 claims

Clobetasol Propionate73 claims

Mupirocin40 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide36 claims

Gabapentin35 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.9

Quality

70.2

Cost

72.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.33%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ponciano 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). 5 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	53	143
Travis Vandergriff Dermatology · Dallas, TX	18	33
Ricardo Paniagua Dermatology · San Francisco, CA	13	36
Heidi Jacobe Dermatology · Dallas, TX	12	118
Stephanie Savory Dermatology · Dallas, TX	11	50

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

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