What is Carlos Alvarez's specialty?

Carlos Alvarez (NPI 1891805610) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Bakersfield, CA.

Where does Carlos Alvarez practice?

Carlos Alvarez practices in Bakersfield, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1891805610.

How much does Medicare pay Carlos Alvarez?

Carlos Alvarez (NPI 1891805610) received approximately $425K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 661 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1891805610

Carlos AlvarezMD

Internal MedicineBakersfield, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,577

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

13,733

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$419K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

19,800

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.6M

Distinct drugs

184

Brand share

24.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium807 claims

Lisinopril770 claims

Metformin Hcl635 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium628 claims

Tamsulosin Hcl572 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

36.6

Quality

20.0

Cost

69.8

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-4.60%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$4K

Payment records

169

By payment type

Food and Beverage$4K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$4K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carlos Alvarez'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). 79 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	505	2,864
Harjeet Brar Nephrology · Bakersfield, CA	307	3,105
Mark Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Bakersfield, CA	257	1,002
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL CA LTD PTP	243	1,374
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	207	895
Francis Arenas Internal Medicine · Bakersfield, CA	162	550
DIGNITY HEALTH	112	317
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	111	379
PATEL, GIRISH	94	320
Sabitha Eppanapally Nephrology · Bakersfield, CA	81	341
Lorraine Ash Diagnostic Radiology · Bakersfield, CA	61	203
Manjul Shah Diagnostic Radiology · Bakersfield, CA	60	289

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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