PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1215950951

Cara FergusonM.D.

Internal MedicineMount Pleasant, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,580

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,236

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$151K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,190 Internal Medicine providers in SC — above median (cohort median 884).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,197

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$488K

Distinct drugs

111

Brand share

16.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium391 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium335 claims

Losartan Potassium294 claims

Amlodipine Besylate281 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium278 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.0

Quality

89.0

Cost

70.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$41

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$41

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (7)

Home health agency

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Cara Ferguson'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 · 65 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MCLEOD LORIS SEACOAST HOSPITAL	212	888
GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	145	422
Paul Kuperman Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	76	232
Jeffrey Lackey Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	54	144
North Strand Ultra Sound Vascular & Vein Center Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · N Myrtle Beach, SC	53	135
Elizabeth Kelley Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	50	145
Michael Brown Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	31	65
Richard Moore Podiatry · Little River, SC	27	76
Joshua Tew Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	26	71
CLEMSON SPORTS MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION INC	22	64
Russell Derrick Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	22	47
Paul Zdybel Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	21	38

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	504	1,856
MCLEOD LORIS SEACOAST HOSPITAL	259	1,314
GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	117	347
Elma Whidby Internal Medicine · North Myrtle Beach, SC	86	285
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Florence, SC	62	148
John Razook Diagnostic Radiology · Columbia, SC	62	171
Paul Kuperman Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	61	148
North Strand Ultra Sound Vascular & Vein Center Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · N Myrtle Beach, SC	59	207
Pee Dee Pathology Associates Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Florence, SC	50	122
Elizabeth Kelley Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	47	111
Paul Zdybel Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	45	92
Jeffrey Lackey Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	40	89

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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