PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1386653608

Howard GoldbergM.D.

OtolaryngologyBirmingham, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,405

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,226

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$91K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 141 Otolaryngology providers in AL — top quintile (cohort median 1,570).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

956

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$24K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

7.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Ipratropium Bromide171 claims

Fluticasone Propionate83 claims

Cefdinir82 claims

Azelastine Hcl82 claims

Doxycycline Monohydrate76 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.2

Quality

90.1

Cost

77.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.64%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$387

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$387

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Goldberg'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). 5 inbound referrers · 12 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	39	77
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	36	64
NPI 1003820747	32	117
AFFINITY HOSPITAL LLC	18	22
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	12	33

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. VINCENT'S BIRMINGHAM	54	86
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	43	81
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	29	52
NPI 1003820747	29	141
OWEN, ALISON	24	48
GRONVALL, CHRISTINE	23	57
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	19	48
Cunningham Pathology, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	15	28
BROOKWOOD HEALTH SERVICES, INC.	14	18
Jack Aland Otolaryngology · Birmingham, AL	13	27
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Tucker, GA	13	21
Lloyd Simpson Otolaryngology · Birmingham, AL	11	29

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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