What is Heather Banks's specialty?

Heather Banks (NPI 1982884763) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in New Braunfels, TX.

Where does Heather Banks practice?

Heather Banks practices in New Braunfels, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982884763.

How much does Medicare pay Heather Banks?

Heather Banks (NPI 1982884763) received approximately $274K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 778 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982884763

Heather BanksM.D.

NephrologyNew Braunfels, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,947

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,132

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$256K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,941

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$494K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcitriol154 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol132 claims

Furosemide112 claims

Amlodipine Besylate106 claims

Lisinopril97 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.8

Quality

67.9

Cost

78.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

87.0

Payment adjustment

0.45%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$412

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$387

Education$25

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$387

Education$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Heather Banks'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
Neena Penagaluru Nephrology · New Braunfels, TX	169	1,936
CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA HEALTH CARE CORPORATION	154	884
Lin Johnson Nephrology · New Braunfels, TX	149	2,881
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	140	533
Rubin Harris Internal Medicine · San Marcos, TX	88	1,181
Douglas Smith Diagnostic Radiology · San Marcos, TX	77	512
MILBOURN, JOHN	76	454
Cameron Gates Diagnostic Radiology · Chattanooga, TN	76	378
Southerncross Ambulance, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · New Braunfels, TX	75	402
Stephen Swearingen Diagnostic Radiology · San Marcos, TX	72	488
NPI 1255335535	70	332
SAKDC - DAVITA DIALYSIS PARTNERS LP	67	1,085

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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