PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1013104264

Michael KowalkePA-C

PRACTICENEBRASKA ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER PCSee all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantLincoln, NEI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

724

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,699

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$62K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,047 Physician Assistant providers in NE — top quintile (cohort median 321).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

367

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

50.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen156 claims

Methocarbamol113 claims

Tramadol Hcl34 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen30 claims

Methylprednisolone22 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.8

Quality

89.8

Cost

70.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.54%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$214

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$214

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (2)

CCN 280003

Hospital

CCN 280127

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Kowalke'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). 0 inbound referrers · 5 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

No inbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Robert Vande Guchte Orthopedic Surgery · Lincoln, NE	65	190
BRYAN MEDICAL CENTER	36	46
SAINT ELIZABETH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	19	25
CASSIDY, JASON	15	22
THE MARY LANNING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	11	18

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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