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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1033206461

Stephen MelsonMD

PRACTICECAROLINAS PHYSICIANS NETWORK INCSee all providers at this practice →
GastroenterologyForest City, NCI
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FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (3)

CCN 340013
Hospital
CCN 340021
Hospital
CCN 340113
Hospital
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
1,087
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$1.4M
Distinct drugs
20
Brand share
17.7%
Top prescribed drugs
Pantoprazole Sodium385 claims
Famotidine170 claims
Dicyclomine Hcl66 claims
Mesalamine44 claims
Linaclotide40 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
94.0
Quality
81.6
Cost
0.0
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
100.0
Payment adjustment
0.80%
APM Entity
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$39
Payment records
2
By payment type
Food and Beverage$39
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
783
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
813
Distinct HCPCS
15
Medicare payment
$67K
Peer benchmark
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Q3
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Total Medicare services vs. 491 Gastroenterology providers in NC — above median (cohort median 652).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Melson'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). 33 inbound referrers · 70 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC286752
Gary Schafer
Pulmonary Disease · Forest City, NC
91289
Luther Person
Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC
65131
REES, MATTHEW63431
Claude Whitworth
Internal Medicine · Forest City, NC
57251
County Of Rutherford Finance Office
Ambulance Service Provider · Spindale, NC
51114
Margaret Krusch
Physician Assistant · Forest City, NC
39241
Mary Duran
Emergency Medicine · Rutherfordton, NC
3063
WHEELER, MICHAEL2347
Stephen Gore
Emergency Medicine · Morristown, TN
2143
Paul Granzow
Physician Assistant · Forest City, NC
2050
Marcel Akuneme
Hospitalist · Shelby, NC
1934
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC6011,811
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER118475
Michael Scruggs
Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC
103217
MOORING, FRANKLIN102279
STALLINGS, ROBERT101260
WHEELER, MICHAEL100269
Gary Schafer
Pulmonary Disease · Forest City, NC
86228
GRISHAW, EDWARD82168
Luther Person
Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC
82166
County Of Rutherford Finance Office
Ambulance Service Provider · Spindale, NC
79158
REES, MATTHEW63418
Claude Whitworth
Internal Medicine · Forest City, NC
55196
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.