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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1326044165

Margaret KruschPA

Physician AssistantForest City, NCI
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MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
285
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
487
Distinct HCPCS
3
Medicare payment
$22K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 6,303 Physician Assistant providers in NC — above median (cohort median 290).
FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (3)

CCN 340013
Hospital
CCN 340021
Hospital
CCN 340113
Hospital
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
100.0
Quality
13.6
Cost
75.5
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
99.0
Payment adjustment
1.05%
Group
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
572
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$114K
Distinct drugs
23
Brand share
12.9%
Top prescribed drugs
Anastrozole164 claims
Hydroxyurea47 claims
Apixaban40 claims
Mirtazapine34 claims
Oxycodone Hcl30 claims
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Margaret Krusch'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). 43 inbound referrers · 73 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC2922,590
REES, MATTHEW2739,649
Luther Person
Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC
116472
Gary Schafer
Pulmonary Disease · Forest City, NC
87465
Claude Whitworth
Internal Medicine · Forest City, NC
62336
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC43175
Stephen Melson
Gastroenterology · Forest City, NC
42218
WHEELER, MICHAEL40217
Jeffrey Roberts
Radiation Oncology · Asheville, NC
401,670
County Of Rutherford Finance Office
Ambulance Service Provider · Spindale, NC
37117
Mary Duran
Emergency Medicine · Rutherfordton, NC
30132
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY2794
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER2911,966
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC2842,272
REES, MATTHEW2648,760
MOORING, FRANKLIN116585
GRISHAW, EDWARD114620
Luther Person
Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC
110544
Gary Schafer
Pulmonary Disease · Forest City, NC
99588
Michael Scruggs
Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC
86464
Claude Whitworth
Internal Medicine · Forest City, NC
76371
BRAMHAM, JANE73451
County Of Rutherford Finance Office
Ambulance Service Provider · Spindale, NC
62217
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC
51204
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.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$214
Payment records
4
By payment type
Food and Beverage$214