What is Ernest Smith's specialty?

Ernest Smith (NPI 1356519706) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in Jamestown, NC.

Where does Ernest Smith practice?

Ernest Smith practices in Jamestown, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1356519706.

How much does Medicare pay Ernest Smith?

Ernest Smith (NPI 1356519706) received approximately $21K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 58 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1356519706

Ernest SmithPA-C

Physician AssistantJamestown, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

104

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

215

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$15K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,303 Physician Assistant providers in NC — above median (cohort median 290).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,405

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$259K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Alprazolam348 claims

Quetiapine Fumarate233 claims

Trazodone Hcl152 claims

Clonazepam148 claims

Buspirone Hcl128 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.8

Quality

70.3

Cost

77.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

98.0

Payment adjustment

0.58%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$4K

Payment records

219

By payment type

Food and Beverage$4K

Education$175

Travel and Lodging$18

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$4K

Education$175

Travel and Lodging$18

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ernest Smith'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 · 4 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ESCAJEDA, RICHARD	53	222
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH	15	40
Bobby Witten Family Practice · Archdale, NC	13	29

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
ESCAJEDA, RICHARD	37	146
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	18	32
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH	17	49
Bobby Witten Family Practice · Archdale, NC	16	25

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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