Dr. Erik Tijerina, FNP
What this data tells you about Dr. Tijerina
Dr. Erik Tijerina is a nurse practitioner - family in Gun Barrel City, TX, with 16 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Tijerina performed 2,795 Medicare services across 691 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Tijerina received a total of $2,317 from 29 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 127 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in nurse practitioner - family. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Tijerina is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contrast dye for imaging (iodine-based) | 680 | $0 | $5 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 442 | $70 | $298 |
| Joint injection, major joint | 336 | $38 | $94 |
| Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement | 289 | $73 | $170 |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan, supartz or visco-3, for intra-articular injection, per dose | 287 | $58 | $117 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 271 | $1 | $2 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow | 105 | $64 | $244 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a | 59 | $26 | $98 |
| X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | 51 | $29 | $63 |
| Review by radiologist of knee joint image | 40 | $82 | $188 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 37 | $52 | $214 |
| Injection of contrast for imaging of knee joint | 30 | $117 | $271 |
| Nursing facility visit, moderate complexity | 27 | $51 | $206 |
| Home visit, established patient, moderate complexity | 23 | $79 | $166 |
| Nursing facility visit, low complexity | 22 | $27 | $135 |
| Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 10 minutes | 21 | $21 | $50 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 19 | $34 | $127 |
| Initial nursing facility care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | 16 | $45 | $148 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 15 | $3 | $7 |
| Initial nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 35 minutes | 14 | $73 | $265 |
| Subsequent nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes | 11 | $90 | $193 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
18.0 mi
Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Tijerina is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 4% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 13%), with 16 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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