What is Carlos Vargas's specialty?

Carlos Vargas (NPI 1912983891) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Family Practice in Asheville, NC.

Where does Carlos Vargas practice?

Carlos Vargas practices in Asheville, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1912983891.

How much does Medicare pay Carlos Vargas?

Carlos Vargas (NPI 1912983891) received approximately $160K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 508 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1912983891

Carlos VargasM.D.

Family PracticeAsheville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,175

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,223

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$158K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,740 Family Practice providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 664).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

28,339

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.0M

Distinct drugs

257

Brand share

23.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban1,289 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium1,215 claims

Furosemide848 claims

Trazodone Hcl753 claims

Gabapentin703 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.7

Quality

73.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.62%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$207

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$207

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$207

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carlos Vargas'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). 45 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

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DLP HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	117	1,315
BT2, INC	117	1,216
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CLAY COUNTY HEALTHCARE LLC	93	1,321
CAROL LLOYD, INC.	71	435
County Of Haywood Ambulance Service Provider · Waynesville, NC	68	273
Eric Boeshore Internal Medicine · Asheville, NC	62	349
WARTMAN, REBECCA	59	168
Neille Wilson Diagnostic Radiology · Sylva, NC	51	236
Clay County Ambulance Service Provider · Hayesville, NC	34	307
Lisa Gale Nurse Practitioner · Tulsa, OK	32	86
Debera Huderly Diagnostic Radiology · Clyde, NC	30	137

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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