What is Ernesto Zavaleta's specialty?

Ernesto Zavaleta (NPI 1982692554) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Fort Myers, FL.

Where does Ernesto Zavaleta practice?

Ernesto Zavaleta practices in Fort Myers, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982692554.

How much does Medicare pay Ernesto Zavaleta?

Ernesto Zavaleta (NPI 1982692554) received approximately $68K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 286 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982692554

Ernesto ZavaletaMD

PRACTICEERNESTO ZAVALETA, MD, PASee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineFort Myers, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

520

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

882

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$67K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,680 Internal Medicine providers in FL — above median (cohort median 727).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

202

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone27 claims

Apixaban19 claims

Cefuroxime Axetil17 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium17 claims

Amlodipine Besylate16 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.3

Quality

79.9

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.86%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$21

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$21

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$21

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ernesto Zavaleta'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). 62 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LAKE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.	196	609
Fred Wittenstein Diagnostic Radiology · Orlando, FL	94	301
Robert Kittyle Diagnostic Radiology · Orlando, FL	94	367
Ramaswami Krishnan Diagnostic Radiology · Orlando, FL	88	312
Mark Britton Internal Medicine · Tavares, FL	77	362
NEVALA, WAYNE	75	169
David Miles Internal Medicine · Baker, FL	62	226
Daniel Noyes Diagnostic Radiology · Montgomery, AL	56	179
Victor Young Emergency Medicine · Orlando, FL	55	134
Sanjay Pattani Emergency Medicine · Dallas, TX	54	134
Timothy Cheslock Emergency Medicine · Erie, PA	48	120
Christopher Dorvault Diagnostic Radiology · Montgomery, AL	47	189

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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