PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1083857148

Wolfgang GaertnerM.S., M.D.

Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)Minneapolis, MNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$6K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 45 Colorectal Surgery (Proctology) providers in MN — bottom quintile (cohort median 267).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

124

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Metronidazole31 claims

Ondansetron Hcl27 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl26 claims

Neomycin Sulfate23 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl17 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.7

Quality

79.2

Cost

73.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.74%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$56K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$18K

Education$17K

Travel and Lodging$13K

Consulting Fee$8K

Food and Beverage$630

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Wolfgang Gaertner'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). 2 inbound referrers · 7 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES	74	561
David Benditt Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · St Cloud, MN	12	23

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES	49	351
Daniel Steinberger Interventional Radiology · Minneapolis, MN	16	40
Eric Niendorf Diagnostic Radiology · Eau Claire, WI	15	46
Benjamin Spilseth Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, MN	15	45
Tadashi Allen Diagnostic Radiology · Minneapolis, MN	14	43
Elizabeth Von Der Marwitz Nurse Practitioner · Minneapolis, MN	13	54
FROELICH, JERRY	12	33

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history