PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982712840

Juan Carlos VelezMD

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NephrologyNew Orleans, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

174

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

254

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$21K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 153 Nephrology providers in LA — bottom quintile (cohort median 787).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

550

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$322K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Empagliflozin41 claims

Canagliflozin37 claims

Calcitriol34 claims

Amlodipine Besylate32 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol31 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$37K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$31K

Travel and Lodging$3K

Consulting Fee$2K

Food and Beverage$985

Education$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Juan Carlos Velez'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). 28 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	195	1,094
Bhavna Bhasin-Chhabra Nephrology · Scottsdale, AZ	68	130
James Ravenel Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, SC	54	161
NPI 1457469306	31	71
Stephen Schabel Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, SC	31	67
David Gregg Cardiology · Charleston, SC	27	57
Charleston County Government Ambulance Service Provider · North Charleston, SC	26	53
Rachel Sturdivant Nephrology · Charleston, SC	25	85
Philip Costello Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, SC	23	53
ACKERMAN, SUSAN	22	50
NPI 1285742221	20	42
Michael Ullian Nephrology · Charleston, SC	19	45

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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