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 · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

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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