PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1891728168

Ruth WintzM.D.

PRACTICEKIDNEY ASSOCIATES, PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

917

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,496

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$228K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,824

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$333K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate127 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium121 claims

Empagliflozin115 claims

Losartan Potassium113 claims

Calcitriol109 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$793

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$619

Consulting Fee$150

Education$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ruth Wintz'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). 42 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	168	1,089
CHI ST. LUKE'S HEALTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL CENTER	164	1,612
Joey Buquing Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	65	400
Robert Thompson Nephrology · Houston, TX	51	200
Wasae Tabibi Nephrology · Houston, TX	50	283
Mehreen Khan Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	41	151
Yochai Birnbaum Cardiology · Houston, TX	40	260
NPI 1255335535	35	98
Andrew Chang Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	28	156
Visveshwar Baskaran Diagnostic Radiology · Baltimore, MD	27	134
John Nisbet Diagnostic Radiology · Goodlettsville, TN	26	96
Christopher Kauffman Diagnostic Radiology · Boise, ID	25	92

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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