PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1346260254

Kathleen PenistonNP

PRACTICECAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

Nurse PractitionerCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

124

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$6K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,001

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$179K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Clonazepam188 claims

Trazodone Hcl155 claims

Quetiapine Fumarate128 claims

Bupropion Hcl114 claims

Gabapentin111 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.0

Quality

81.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kathleen Peniston'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). 9 inbound referrers · 13 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	189	411
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	39	74
Durga Bestha Psychiatry · Charlotte, NC	27	215
CASTRO, MANUEL	18	45
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	16	26
THOMPSON, ERVIN	15	163
Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency Ambulance Service Provider · Charlotte, NC	14	20
Omar Rana Psychiatry · Charlotte, NC	13	53
Ashley Falls Nurse Practitioner · Charlotte, NC	11	15

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
MCGLYNN, AIKO	145	290
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	44	87
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	39	72
Durga Bestha Psychiatry · Charlotte, NC	22	165
Anthony Dinome Psychiatry · Charlotte, NC	18	118
David Litchford Psychiatry · Charlotte, NC	18	121
CASTRO, MANUEL	16	28
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	15	20
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	13	18
Ashley Falls Nurse Practitioner · Charlotte, NC	13	27
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	13	27
Omar Rana Psychiatry · Charlotte, NC	12	41

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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