What is Vernon Valentino's specialty?

Vernon Valentino (NPI 1891787784) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Lafayette, LA.

Where does Vernon Valentino practice?

Vernon Valentino practices in Lafayette, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1891787784.

How much does Medicare pay Vernon Valentino?

Vernon Valentino (NPI 1891787784) received approximately $353K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,139 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1891787784

Vernon ValentinoMD

CardiologyLafayette, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,079

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,863

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$337K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 247 Cardiology providers in LA — top quintile (cohort median 2,365).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

8,782

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Rosuvastatin Calcium645 claims

Apixaban563 claims

Metoprolol Succinate519 claims

Furosemide426 claims

Bisoprolol Fumarate405 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

77.0

Quality

63.3

Cost

72.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.08%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$720

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$720

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$720

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vernon Valentino'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). 54 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ABBEVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	329	1,840
HEART HOSPITAL OF ACADIANA, LLC	187	1,095
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Lafayette, LA	144	382
LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	138	652
Ronald Lahasky Internal Medicine · Abbeville, LA	114	653
Kevin Courville Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Eunice, LA	102	238
Benjamin Henderson Diagnostic Radiology · Greenville, SC	84	235
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL INC.	83	223
Paul Billeaud Diagnostic Radiology · Mobile, AL	66	162
Nicholas Lemoine Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LA	65	159
Myriam Hutchinson Internal Medicine · Abbeville, LA	60	247
Patrick Boyle Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LA	58	185

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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