What is Leonardo Palau's specialty?

Leonardo Palau (NPI 1982701496) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in The Woodlands, TX.

Where does Leonardo Palau practice?

Leonardo Palau practices in The Woodlands, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982701496.

How much does Medicare pay Leonardo Palau?

Leonardo Palau (NPI 1982701496) received approximately $622K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 165 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982701496

Leonardo PalauMD

PRACTICEHOUSTON CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES PASee all providers at this practice →

Infectious DiseaseThe Woodlands, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

741

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

472,926

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$569K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 425 Infectious Disease providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 589).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

612

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

59.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala124 claims

Dolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine72 claims

Fluconazole58 claims

Ciprofloxacin Hcl47 claims

Clotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip41 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$5K

Payment records

194

By payment type

Food and Beverage$5K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$5K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Leonardo Palau'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). 67 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	162	6,978
Montgomery County Hospital District Ambulance Service Provider · Conroe, TX	77	254
Elizabeth Robert Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	56	200
Amit Mittal Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	56	307
NEXUS SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - THE WOODLANDS, LTD.	52	105
Raghuram Rao Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	52	154
Daniel Gianella Diagnostic Radiology · Long Beach, CA	47	156
Linda Uhegwu Internal Medicine · The Woodlands, TX	43	239
Hammad Qureshi Internal Medicine · The Woodlands, TX	42	245
Sandeep Amesur Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	38	123
Amarbir Mattewal Pulmonary Disease · The Woodlands, TX	38	187
Margit Nemeth Cardiology · The Woodlands, TX	33	211

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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