PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871532531

Norman RamirezM.D.

CardiologyEdinburg, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

199

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

243

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$29K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

116

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

75.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate87 claims

Cephalexin29 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

97.2

Quality

89.9

Cost

73.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.93%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$857

Food and Beverage$788

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Norman Ramirez'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). 154 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DOCTORS HOSPITAL AT RENAISSANCE, LTD	1,167	5,809
Leonardo Salcedo Cardiology · Edinburg, TX	314	1,355
Hector Soto Cardiology · Edinburg, TX	258	1,176
O'CALLAGHAN, WILLIAM	220	1,052
Vangala Reddy Diagnostic Radiology · Edinburg, TX	188	1,029
Med Care Emergency Medical Services Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Mcallen, TX	171	554
Mark Gonzalez Cardiology · Mcallen, TX	162	939
GRAHAM, FRANKLIN	135	473
Edward Tan Diagnostic Radiology · Mcallen, TX	134	500
MISSION HOSPITAL, INC.	130	332
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	129	497
Eduardo Guerra Valencia Family Practice · Mcallen, TX	87	294

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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OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history