What is Kent Huston's specialty?

Kent Huston (NPI 1194739227) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in Kansas City, MO.

Where does Kent Huston practice?

Kent Huston practices in Kansas City, MO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1194739227.

How much does Medicare pay Kent Huston?

Kent Huston (NPI 1194739227) received approximately $2.1M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 732 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1194739227

Kent HustonM.D.

RheumatologyKansas City, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,731

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

215,664

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.7M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 94 Rheumatology providers in MO — top quintile (cohort median 1,226).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,341

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.8M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate1,356 claims

Methotrexate Sodium733 claims

Prednisone476 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen270 claims

Leflunomide243 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.9

Quality

77.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.75%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (4)

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kent Huston'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). 8 inbound referrers · 16 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF KANSAS CITY	205	768
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	40	73
Kent Huston Internal Medicine · Kansas City, MO	34	78
Medical Plaza Imaging Associates, Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Kansas City, MO	18	30
HEARTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	15	42
SAINT LUKES EAST HOSPITAL	13	24
SHAWNEE MISSION MEDICAL CENTER INC	13	46
SAINT LUKES SOUTH HOSPITAL, INC.	11	21

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF KANSAS CITY	108	298
Labone Llc Clinical Laboratory · Lenexa, KS	61	149
Kent Huston Internal Medicine · Kansas City, MO	43	85
NORTH KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL	42	80
Ann Warner Rheumatology · Kansas City, MO	41	96
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	38	112
Medical Plaza Imaging Associates, Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Kansas City, MO	28	60
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	27	59
SAINT LUKES EAST HOSPITAL	20	29
HEARTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	18	48
Michael Smith Rheumatology · Kansas City, MO	18	41
PHYSICIANS REFERENCE LABORATORY LLC	15	32

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.

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