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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1154361624

Thomas HesterMD

PRACTICECHARLESTON ENT ASSOCIATES LLCSee all providers at this practice →
OtolaryngologyCharleston, SCI
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FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (2)

CCN 420065
Hospital
CCN 420087
Hospital
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
2,568
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
5,588
Distinct HCPCS
26
Medicare payment
$201K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 155 Otolaryngology providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 1,700).
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
394
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$6K
Distinct drugs
12
Brand share
7.1%
Top prescribed drugs
Fluticasone Propionate132 claims
Prednisone74 claims
Azelastine Hcl36 claims
Mupirocin25 claims
Montelukast Sodium22 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
92.3
Quality
86.1
Cost
76.4
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
100.0
Payment adjustment
0.73%
Group
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$150
Payment records
4
By payment type
Food and Beverage$150
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Thomas Hester'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). 28 inbound referrers · 46 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
R Livingston
Internal Medicine · Charleston, SC
97145
Ronald Mcvicar
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
67290
Erik Swanson
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
58214
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY51129
Patrick Angelos
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
47131
Michael Noone
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
3590
KAMMEYER, ANNA MARIA3293
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC2545
Mark Ghegan
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
2344
THOMAS, SARAH2228
Eugene Brown
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
2180
Charleston Ent Associates, Llc
Ambulatory Surgical Center · Charleston, SC
2137
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
BON SECOURS ST. FRANCIS XAVIER HOSPITAL INC.118211
THOMAS, SARAH109148
ROPER HOSPITAL, INC105202
R Livingston
Internal Medicine · Charleston, SC
82137
Karen Moore
Audiologist · Charleston, SC
7178
Ronald Mcvicar
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
69290
Edward Mcnellis
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
69242
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC
5169
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY49137
Erik Swanson
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
47165
Patrick Angelos
Otolaryngology · Charleston, SC
46112
HORNE, KARI3850
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.