PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1235158866

William LesterMD

PRACTICECAROLINAS PHYSICIANS NETWORK INCSee all providers at this practice →

Family PracticeCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

466

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

545

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$42K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,740 Family Practice providers in NC — above median (cohort median 664).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

8,806

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$473K

Distinct drugs

120

Brand share

17.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium557 claims

Amlodipine Besylate473 claims

Lisinopril371 claims

Losartan Potassium364 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium355 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.0

Quality

81.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where William Lester'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). 16 inbound referrers · 34 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	160	411
Carolinas Union Healthcare, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Monroe, NC	40	89
Chandrashekhar Patil Family Practice · Monroe, NC	27	46
Valencia Tellis-Odom Family Practice · Monroe, NC	27	94
VICK, JOHN	25	71
Martin Kreshon Cardiology · Monroe, NC	23	132
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	20	36
Brittany Behm Family Practice · Chagrin Falls, OH	19	71
Kushal Handa Cardiology · Charlotte, NC	19	79
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	17	61
James Seward Dermatology · Charlotte, NC	16	29
Heather Longin Cardiology · Monroe, NC	14	31

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	296	915
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	170	533
ADAMS, JOHN	39	115
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	31	130
Brittany Behm Family Practice · Chagrin Falls, OH	31	77
Ramarao Suresh Pulmonary Disease · Monroe, NC	30	136
Chandrashekhar Patil Family Practice · Monroe, NC	29	67
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	29	43
Carolinas Union Healthcare, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Monroe, NC	27	72
Andrew Binder Cardiology · Plano, TX	26	87
HENDRIX, KIMBERLY	26	56
Kushal Handa Cardiology · Charlotte, NC	21	50

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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