What is Christopher Cefalu's specialty?

Christopher Cefalu (NPI 1861717662) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Urology in Shreveport, LA.

Where does Christopher Cefalu practice?

Christopher Cefalu practices in Shreveport, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1861717662.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Cefalu?

Christopher Cefalu (NPI 1861717662) received approximately $318K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 796 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861717662

Christopher CefaluM.D.

UrologyShreveport, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,304

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,562

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$212K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 153 Urology providers in LA — top quintile (cohort median 2,062).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,569

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Tamsulosin Hcl1,051 claims

Mirabegron379 claims

Finasteride308 claims

Solifenacin Succinate171 claims

Testosterone Cypionate105 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.1

Quality

97.5

Cost

69.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.64%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$177

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$177

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$177

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Cefalu'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	19	37
REGIONAL UROLOGY ASC LLC	14	31
CHRISTUS HEALTH NORTHERN LOUISIANA	14	39

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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