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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1285748004

Bruce HughesMD

PRACTICEMERCY CLINICS, INCSee all providers at this practice →
NeurologyDes Moines, IAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
2,985
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$5.5M
Distinct drugs
59
Brand share
30.8%
Top prescribed drugs
Baclofen353 claims
Gabapentin351 claims
Dalfampridine216 claims
Tizanidine Hcl147 claims
Levetiracetam99 claims
FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

CCN 160016
Hospital
CCN 160083
Hospital
CCN 160147
Hospital
CCN 161326
Hospital
CCN 161375
Hospital
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
624
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
696
Distinct HCPCS
11
Medicare payment
$41K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 103 Neurology providers in IA — above median (cohort median 518).
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$246K
Payment records
244
By payment type
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$187K
Travel and Lodging$26K
Consulting Fee$26K
Food and Beverage$7K
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Bruce Hughes'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). 27 inbound referrers · 42 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP133326
Mitchell Erickson
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
73125
Roman Mirsky
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
4676
Indunil Karunasekera
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
3546
Randolph Rough
Cardiology · West Des Moines, IA
3360
Seth Gibson
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
2441
Michael Disbro
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
2230
Mark Johnson
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
2130
NPI 10432084732027
David Friedgood
Neurology · Des Moines, IA
2035
NPI 13866261091830
Alan Mcdaniel
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
1832
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP189671
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP69120
George Brown
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
5194
YOUNG, WILLIAM5094
KINNETZ, MEGHAN4684
Randolph Rough
Cardiology · West Des Moines, IA
4571
Indunil Karunasekera
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
4478
Mitchell Erickson
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
3864
Christos Kassiotis
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Des Moines, IA
3467
Kraig Kirkpatrick
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
3150
Terry Falk
Diagnostic Radiology · Des Moines, IA
2744
Margaret Verhey
Cardiology · West Des Moines, IA
2754
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.