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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1053407155

Robert Hower

PRACTICEBAYFRONT DIGESTIVE DISEASE ASSOCIATES PCSee all providers at this practice →
GastroenterologyErie, PAI
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PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
1,449
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$122K
Distinct drugs
19
Brand share
45.7%
Top prescribed drugs
Pantoprazole Sodium236 claims
Omeprazole224 claims
Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl199 claims
Famotidine125 claims
Sodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg125 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
81.9
Quality
65.8
Cost
73.8
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
100.0
Payment adjustment
0.29%
Group
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$891
Payment records
37
By payment type
Food and Beverage$821
Education$70
FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

CCN 330103
Hospital
CCN 330239
Hospital
CCN 390063
Hospital
CCN 390091
Hospital
CCN 391318
Hospital
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
820
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
877
Distinct HCPCS
17
Medicare payment
$87K
Peer benchmark
Q1
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Q3
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Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 771 Gastroenterology providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 585).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Robert Hower'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). 36 inbound referrers · 90 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
UPMC HAMOT204478
Associated Clinical Laboratories
Clinical Laboratory · Erie, PA
114457
Barry Marchetto
Diagnostic Radiology · Sharon, PA
49116
Emergycare, Inc
Ambulance Service Provider · Erie, PA
45131
David Strasser
Cardiology · Erie, PA
4499
Angelo Zerbonia
Diagnostic Radiology · Erie, PA
4379
Joshua Rosenberg
Diagnostic Radiology · Las Vegas, NV
4296
Antonio Pena
Diagnostic Radiology · Erie, PA
4182
WILLIAMS, RICHARD3983
Peter Depowski
Pathology · Erie, PA
2639
Narendra Bhagwandien
Internal Medicine · Seneca, PA
2290
Upmc Hamot Surgery Center, Llc
Ambulatory Surgical Center · Erie, PA
2226
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
UPMC HAMOT286787
Upmc Hamot Surgery Center, Llc
Ambulatory Surgical Center · Erie, PA
135309
Associated Clinical Laboratories
Clinical Laboratory · Erie, PA
97430
Stephen Oljeski
Diagnostic Radiology · Erie, PA
73164
Jennifer Naber
Pathology · Erie, PA
60121
Peter Depowski
Pathology · Erie, PA
57123
WILLIAMS, RICHARD54118
Sarah Eakin
Pathology · Erie, PA
54111
Paul Demjanenko
Cardiology · Erie, PA
54113
Andrew Creager
Pathology · Erie, PA
48107
Antonio Pena
Diagnostic Radiology · Erie, PA
4681
Angelo Zerbonia
Diagnostic Radiology · Erie, PA
4694
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.