What is Christopher Drinkwater's specialty?

Christopher Drinkwater (NPI 1033150966) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Rochester, NY.

Where does Christopher Drinkwater practice?

Christopher Drinkwater practices in Rochester, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1033150966.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Drinkwater?

Christopher Drinkwater (NPI 1033150966) received approximately $70K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 103 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1033150966

Christopher DrinkwaterMD

Orthopedic SurgeryRochester, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

212

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

226

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$67K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,320 Orthopedic Surgery providers in NY — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,129).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$349

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$349

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$349

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (6)

Home health agency

Home health agency

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Drinkwater'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). 4 inbound referrers · 14 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER	98	463
ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL	31	92
Damien Dawson Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, NY	16	46
ACM MEDICAL LABORATORY INC	13	52

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL OF ROCHESTER	412	963
Brian Tan Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, NY	118	266
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER	101	568
ADJEI, OSBERT	85	223
Damien Dawson Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, NY	55	123
Michel Neracker Physician Assistant · Rochester, NY	39	50
ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL	31	87
Raymond Tan Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, NY	30	68
UR MEDICINE HOME CARE, CERTIFIED SERVICES, INC.	29	92
Leonard Kolodny Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, NY	28	69
RODENBERG, LINDA	27	39
David Waldman Interventional Radiology · Rochester, NY	11	26

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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