What is Melinda Cano-Howes's specialty?

Melinda Cano-Howes (NPI 1881650547) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Optometry in Los Lunas, NM.

Where does Melinda Cano-Howes practice?

Melinda Cano-Howes practices in Los Lunas, NM, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1881650547.

How much does Medicare pay Melinda Cano-Howes?

Melinda Cano-Howes (NPI 1881650547) received approximately $19K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 212 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881650547

Melinda Cano-HowesOD

OptometryLos Lunas, NMI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

303

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

318

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$19K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 171 Optometry providers in NM — below median (cohort median 387).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

659

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$48K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Latanoprost377 claims

Bimatoprost56 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat47 claims

Erythromycin Base43 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl42 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.3

Quality

87.7

Cost

69.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.52%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$20

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$20

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$20

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melinda Cano-Howes'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
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES	57	122
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES	43	57
TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES	33	79
Ravi Bhasker General Practice · Socorro, NM	21	42
Melody Shrack Family Practice · Viborg, SD	12	29

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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