PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1013980184

Derek LafontPA-C

PRACTICEAUGUSTA ONCOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.C.See all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantAugusta, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,415

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,763

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$34K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,205 Physician Assistant providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 257).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,058

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$418K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Loperamide Hcl92 claims

Ondansetron Hcl86 claims

Dexamethasone79 claims

Letrozole71 claims

Prednisone70 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.5

Quality

41.0

Cost

98.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

97.0

Payment adjustment

0.31%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$7K

Payment records

222

By payment type

Food and Beverage$4K

Long term medical supply or device loan$1K

Consulting Fee$960

Travel and Lodging$393

Education$99

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Derek Lafont'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). 3 inbound referrers · 5 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
TOWNSEND, DONALD	30	80
Jeremy Wells Hematology-Oncology · Augusta, GA	19	59
Mikhail Vinogradov Hematology · Myrtle Beach, SC	11	16

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES,INC	91	248
TOWNSEND, DONALD	71	217
Jeremy Wells Hematology-Oncology · Augusta, GA	47	95
Mikhail Vinogradov Hematology · Myrtle Beach, SC	25	33
Jennifer Heaberlin Hematology-Oncology · Asheville, NC	11	22

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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