PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1346570728

Scott BalsonM.D.

Internal MedicineTacoma, WAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

749

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,375

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$105K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,650 Internal Medicine providers in WA — top quintile (cohort median 497).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,674

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$111K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

12.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium341 claims

Losartan Potassium214 claims

Amlodipine Besylate182 claims

Lisinopril151 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium150 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Scott Balson'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). 3 inbound referrers · 3 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM	59	188
FRANCISCAN HEALTH SYSTEM	19	38
Jeffrey Hooper Internal Medicine · Tacoma, WA	11	35

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM	79	312
COLOMBINI, ROSE-MARIE	14	38
FRANCISCAN HEALTH SYSTEM	12	42

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

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