What is Michael Puente's specialty?

Michael Puente (NPI 1982640074) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurology in Marrero, LA.

Where does Michael Puente practice?

Michael Puente practices in Marrero, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982640074.

How much does Medicare pay Michael Puente?

Michael Puente (NPI 1982640074) received approximately $113K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 340 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982640074

Michael PuenteMD

NeurologyMarrero, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

632

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,513

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$107K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 214 Neurology providers in LA — top quintile (cohort median 352).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,404

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$262K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Donepezil Hcl281 claims

Memantine Hcl240 claims

Levetiracetam174 claims

Gabapentin147 claims

Topiramate94 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Puente'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). 52 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
WEST JEFFERSON HOLDINGS, LLC	267	1,020
Philip Kogos Diagnostic Radiology · Marrero, LA	96	297
Jay Helgason Diagnostic Radiology · Marrero, LA	90	297
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	85	258
VITTER, JOHN	83	279
James Hanemann Diagnostic Radiology · Marrero, LA	81	280
Jagan Gupta Diagnostic Radiology · Marrero, LA	61	196
TRUAX, WALTER	59	306
WJH PHYSICIAN SERVICES	51	168
Edmund Kerut Cardiology · Marrero, LA	49	126
Louis Glade Cardiology · Marrero, LA	43	136
Andrea Toomer Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Marrero, LA	38	297

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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