What is Larry Cato's specialty?

Larry Cato (NPI 1972503795) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Anesthesiology in Houston, TX.

Where does Larry Cato practice?

Larry Cato practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972503795.

How much does Medicare pay Larry Cato?

Larry Cato (NPI 1972503795) received approximately $14K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 121 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972503795

Larry CatoM.D.

AnesthesiologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$3K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,259 Anesthesiology providers in TX — below median (cohort median 184).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.9

Quality

91.3

Cost

79.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.59%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$23

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$23

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$23

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Larry Cato'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). 16 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAY AREA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, LLC	328	449
Ahmed Ahmed Cardiology · Webster, TX	62	78
Sandeep Amesur Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	61	90
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	44	79
James Wheat Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Houston, TX	39	41
Rajiv Thakur Interventional Radiology · Houston, TX	31	57
Tiffany Mccuistion Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Houston, TX	27	30
Jeremy Wang Neurosurgery · Houston, TX	20	61
David Fairweather General Surgery · Webster, TX	19	44
Richard Westmark Neurosurgery · Houston, TX	18	46
Mahmood Dweik Pulmonary Disease · Webster, TX	15	18
Marston Holt Orthopedic Surgery · Houston, TX	15	66

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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