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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1336104744

James KautenMD

Thoracic SurgeryAtlanta, GAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
91.6
Quality
83.3
Cost
0.0
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
100.0
Payment adjustment
0.70%
APM Entity
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$54
Payment records
3
By payment type
Food and Beverage$54
Top paying entities
Food and Beverage$54
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
69
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
69
Distinct HCPCS
1
Medicare payment
$41K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
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Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 79 Thoracic Surgery providers in GA — bottom quintile (cohort median 199).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Kauten'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 · 113 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
William Arnold
Internal Medicine · Atlanta, GA
72219
JACOBS, LOUIS63198
John Hurst
Internal Medicine · Atlanta, GA
62174
TUMEH, SABAH50157
MEDURI, CHRISTOPHER38140
Aravind Arepally
Diagnostic Radiology · Atlanta, GA
3572
Jon Wagreich
Diagnostic Radiology · Atlanta, GA
3172
Jyoti Sharma
Cardiology · Sandy Springs, GA
2771
Raul Blanco
Cardiology · Atlanta, GA
2661
Peter Barrett
Critical Care (Intensivists) · Atlanta, GA
2668
MCCLEES, ERIC2351
Robi Goswami
Cardiology · Atlanta, GA
2251
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
PIEDMONT HOSPITAL, INC268728
Vivek Rajagopal
Interventional Cardiology · Atlanta, GA
110546
Thomas Deering
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Atlanta, GA
91289
WICKLIFFE, CHARLES79213
David Caldwell
Diagnostic Radiology · Atlanta, GA
76294
Ashur Lawand
Diagnostic Radiology · Atlanta, GA
75261
William Arnold
Internal Medicine · Atlanta, GA
70182
JACOBS, LOUIS67251
Arthur Cook
Internal Medicine · Atlanta, GA
65173
MEDURI, CHRISTOPHER60226
Andrew Wickliffe
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Atlanta, GA
59120
Johnson Liou
Diagnostic Radiology · Atlanta, GA
56155
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.