What is Manuel Palafox's specialty?

Manuel Palafox (NPI 1952301137) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in El Paso, TX.

Where does Manuel Palafox practice?

Manuel Palafox practices in El Paso, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1952301137.

How much does Medicare pay Manuel Palafox?

Manuel Palafox (NPI 1952301137) received approximately $8K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 50 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1952301137

Manuel PalafoxDO

Internal MedicineEl Paso, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

131

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$7K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,183 Internal Medicine providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 673).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

17,726

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.8M

Distinct drugs

163

Brand share

18.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium1,362 claims

Metformin Hcl929 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium876 claims

Amlodipine Besylate733 claims

Losartan Potassium705 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$138

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$138

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$138

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Manuel Palafox'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SOUTHWEST X-RAY,LP	55	232
NPI 1427381375	43	112
Primex Clinical Laboratories Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Van Nuys, CA	33	125
NPI 1225030976	28	51
Lute Oas Radiation Oncology · Abilene, TX	25	58
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	23	77
City Of El Paso Texas Ambulance Service Provider · El Paso, TX	21	56
Makeswaran Seenivasagam Emergency Medicine · El Paso, TX	19	82
Xavier Munoz Family Practice · El Paso, TX	19	28
NPI 1497733703	18	34
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	17	43
SANTA FE HOME CARE LLC	14	56

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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