What is Richard Cardoso's specialty?

Richard Cardoso (NPI 1861453961) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Oral Surgery (Dentist only) in Houston, TX.

Where does Richard Cardoso practice?

Richard Cardoso practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1861453961.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Cardoso?

Richard Cardoso (NPI 1861453961) received approximately $78K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 279 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861453961

Richard CardosoDDS

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Oral Surgery (Dentist only)Houston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

490

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

583

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$51K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 57 Oral Surgery (Dentist only) providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 76).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

386

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Chlorhexidine Gluconate269 claims

Fluoride (Sodium)47 claims

Amoxicillin25 claims

Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav12 claims

Clindamycin Hcl11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.3

Quality

70.8

Cost

67.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Cardoso'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). 30 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	285	1,436
Lawrence Ginsberg Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	56	100
Adel El-Naggar Pathology · Houston, TX	31	69
WEBER, RANDAL	21	131
Elie Mouhayar Cardiology · Houston, TX	21	27
Juan Lopez-Mattei Cardiology · Fort Myers, FL	20	35
Cezar Iliescu Cardiology · Houston, TX	19	42
Ehab Hanna Otolaryngology · Houston, TX	19	141
Jeremy Erasmus Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	18	31
Kara Thompson Cardiology · Houston, TX	17	32
William Morrison Radiation Oncology · Houston, TX	17	89
Theresa Hofstede Oral Surgery (Dentist only) · Houston, TX	17	35

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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