PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1316037005

Nicholas LopezM.D.

Thoracic SurgeryPaducah, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

432

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

524

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$88K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 48 Thoracic Surgery providers in KY — top quintile (cohort median 210).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

304

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$10K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Tartrate54 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate41 claims

Metoprolol Succinate28 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium25 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.3

Quality

87.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.81%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$988

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$500

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (3)

CCN 141323

Hospital

CCN 180104

Hospital

CCN 181327

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nicholas Lopez'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). 21 inbound referrers · 40 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Sanjay Bose Cardiology · Paducah, KY	59	324
Bradley Mcelroy Cardiology · Paducah, KY	46	185
Daniel Riherd Diagnostic Radiology · Evansville, IN	40	183
Bradley Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Louisville, KY	38	139
James Ford Interventional Cardiology · Paducah, KY	36	178
Harold Halfhill Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	29	83
Russell Shields Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	29	110
James Vanhoose Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	27	81
Vernon Duncan Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	24	56
JOHNSON, CARL	23	65
MURRAY-CALLOWAY COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL CORPORATION	21	149
Griffin Bicking Vascular Surgery · Paducah, KY	19	63

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	124	787
Brian Lea Cardiology · Paducah, KY	55	186
Sanjay Bose Cardiology · Paducah, KY	50	170
Frederic Park Diagnostic Radiology · Cape Girardeau, MO	49	200
JOHNSON, PAUL	43	181
Harold Halfhill Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	42	145
James Ford Interventional Cardiology · Paducah, KY	41	156
Russell Shields Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	40	157
Bradley Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Louisville, KY	39	118
Robert Garneau Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	39	188
Vernon Duncan Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	38	129
Jennifer Brien Diagnostic Radiology · Paducah, KY	38	169

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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