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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1043260607

James LipstateM.D.

PRACTICELAFAYETTE ARTHRITIS AND ENDOCRINE CLINIC APMCSee all providers at this practice →
RheumatologyLafayette, LAI
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INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$2K
Payment records
97
By payment type
Food and Beverage$2K
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
92.3
Quality
82.1
Cost
0.0
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
0.0
Payment adjustment
0.73%
Individual
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
10,751
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$7.3M
Distinct drugs
67
Brand share
24.0%
Top prescribed drugs
Prednisone1,421 claims
Methotrexate Sodium1,169 claims
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate889 claims
Tramadol Hcl869 claims
Celecoxib552 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
7,080
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
120,827
Distinct HCPCS
36
Medicare payment
$1.1M
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 61 Rheumatology providers in LA — top quintile (cohort median 2,426).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Lipstate'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). 30 inbound referrers · 67 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER INC140394
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL INC.60116
OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY53108
HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 OF IBERIA PARISH4590
ABBEVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL3677
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX
3358
THE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF ACADIANA, LLC3255
ST MARTIN HOSPITAL, INC.2869
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.
Ambulance Service Provider · Lafayette, LA
2734
Bennett Baquet
Endocrinology · Lafayette, LA
2757
Agostino Ingraldi
Interventional Cardiology · Lafayette, LA
2556
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc
Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX
2474
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX
232358
Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory · Lafayette, LA
163262
LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER INC151436
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC
137215
OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER,INC90161
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL INC.64112
OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY55125
HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 OF IBERIA PARISH48127
ABBEVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL47142
Bennett Baquet
Endocrinology · Lafayette, LA
40101
THE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF ACADIANA, LLC4071
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX
3565
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.