What is George Canizares's specialty?

George Canizares (NPI 1942274485) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in St Petersburg, FL.

Where does George Canizares practice?

George Canizares practices in St Petersburg, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1942274485.

How much does Medicare pay George Canizares?

George Canizares (NPI 1942274485) received approximately $251K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 488 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1942274485

George CanizaresM.D.

Orthopedic SurgerySt Petersburg, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,762

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

10,584

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$195K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,417 Orthopedic Surgery providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 1,874).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

260

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$21K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

51.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen124 claims

Tramadol Hcl59 claims

Clindamycin Hcl31 claims

Dexamethasone20 claims

Naproxen15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$410

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$410

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$410

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where George Canizares'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
OHI WEST, INC	103	311
DAVIS, CLINTON	97	312
Brett Bolhofner Orthopedic Surgery · St Petersburg, FL	81	288
Kurt Hirshorn Orthopedic Surgery · St Petersburg, FL	54	189
Pinellas Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · St Petersburg, FL	42	100
ST. ANTHONYS HOSPITAL, INC.	38	88
Andrew Young Diagnostic Radiology · Tampa, FL	24	87
Paul Pagano Orthopedic Surgery · St Petersburg, FL	24	53
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	23	72
Ariel Prager Diagnostic Radiology · Tampa, FL	14	40
WEST FLORIDA - PPH, LLC	14	37
MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC	13	38

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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