Dr. Sharon Yap Palomo, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Yap Palomo
Dr. Sharon Yap Palomo is a family medicine specialist in Wichita Falls, TX, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Yap Palomo performed 4,338 Medicare services across 2,832 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Yap Palomo received a total of $8,627 from 44 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 650 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family medicine. 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. Yap Palomo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 563 | $87 | $255 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 472 | $8 | $16 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 429 | $10 | $73 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 377 | $13 | $91 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 359 | $8 | $27 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 248 | $9 | $67 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 214 | $124 | $130 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 200 | $136 | $346 |
| Vitamin D level test | 194 | $28 | $197 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 150 | $9 | $59 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 147 | $16 | $110 |
| Annual depression screening | 112 | $18 | $38 |
| Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 108 | $18 | $50 |
| 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 | 70 | $27 | $122 |
| Creatine kinase (cardiac enzyme) level, total | 64 | $6 | $45 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 50 | $0 | $2 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 49 | $6 | $40 |
| Urinalysis with microscopic exam | 48 | $3 | $8 |
| Complete blood count (CBC), automated | 40 | $6 | $54 |
| Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for streptococcus, group a (strep) | 38 | $15 | $81 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 38 | $18 | $116 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 37 | $9 | $54 |
| Automated urinalysis | 36 | $2 | $16 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 34 | $30 | $35 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 33 | $72 | $122 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 32 | $13 | $91 |
| Iron level test | 31 | $6 | $44 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 20 | $8 | $58 |
| 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 | $40 | $162 |
| Uric acid level test | 18 | $4 | $33 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | 18 | $5 | $15 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 17 | $30 | $35 |
| Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count | 16 | $4 | $24 |
| Natriuretic peptide (heart and blood vessel protein) level | 15 | $38 | $234 |
| Detection test by nucleic acid for multiple types of respiratory virus, multiple types or subtypes, 3-5 targets | 15 | $132 | $357 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 14 | $160 | $279 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 13 | $15 | $105 |
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. Total industry engagement is in the top 6% for family medicine in TX.
Geographic Context
2.7 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. Yap Palomo is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 5% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 6% of TX peers, with 20 years of NPI registration.
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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