What is Karen Wantuch's specialty?

Karen Wantuch (NPI 1245577154) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Forest City, NC.

Where does Karen Wantuch practice?

Karen Wantuch practices in Forest City, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1245577154.

How much does Medicare pay Karen Wantuch?

Karen Wantuch (NPI 1245577154) received approximately $41K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 180 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1245577154

Karen WantuchNP-C

PRACTICESPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

Nurse PractitionerForest City, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

621

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,061

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$36K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 7,225 Nurse Practitioner providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 268).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,529

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$406K

Distinct drugs

118

Brand share

21.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium267 claims

Amlodipine Besylate263 claims

Losartan Potassium214 claims

Lisinopril189 claims

Omeprazole175 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.7

Quality

89.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.83%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$42

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$42

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$42

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (4)

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karen Wantuch'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 · 10 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	82	356
Luther Person Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC	31	76
John Bennett Family Practice · Forest City, NC	30	129
Gary Schafer Pulmonary Disease · Forest City, NC	25	94
Loretta Dickson Family Practice · Forest City, NC	21	196
County Of Rutherford Finance Office Ambulance Service Provider · Spindale, NC	12	39
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	11	26
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	11	34

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER	152	745
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	68	292
John Bennett Family Practice · Forest City, NC	32	129
Loretta Dickson Family Practice · Forest City, NC	30	215
Luther Person Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC	26	61
Gary Schafer Pulmonary Disease · Forest City, NC	24	124
GRISHAW, EDWARD	21	64
Michael Scruggs Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC	21	62
MOORING, FRANKLIN	18	62
GOODWIN, MARY	12	20

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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