Carlos Enrique Alfonso, M.D.

47% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional cardiology physician in 2024

1,689 Medicare Part D claims for 288 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,179 among the 6,605 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

Most prescribed

1. Clopidogrel212 claims
2. Atorvastatin Calcium202 claims
3. Metoprolol Succinate149 claims
4. Entresto99 claims
5. Rosuvastatin Calcium97 claims
6. Losartan Potassium80 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.3 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $10,526.69

108 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ShockWave Medical, Inc. The 6,394 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,062.29 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

1. Baptist Health Medical Group Physicians LLCCoral Gables, FL
2. Baptist Outpatient Services IncMiami, FL

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).