What is John Waits's specialty?

John Waits (NPI 1396779161) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Northport, AL.

Where does John Waits practice?

John Waits practices in Northport, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1396779161.

How much does Medicare pay John Waits?

John Waits (NPI 1396779161) received approximately $1.1M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 112 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1396779161

John WaitsM.D.

General SurgeryNorthport, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

130

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

680

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$33K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 346 General Surgery providers in AL — top quintile (cohort median 338).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

322

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$300K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

68.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Dalbavancin Hcl48 claims

Daptomycin42 claims

Dextrose 5 % In Water42 claims

0.9 % Sodium Chloride41 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate37 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$544

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$544

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$544

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Waits'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). 29 inbound referrers · 68 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SPEED, JAMES	38	234
THE BIBB COUNTY HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY	31	512
Northstar Ems, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Tuscaloosa, AL	27	542
Robert Hamiter Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	27	137
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	27	154
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF ALABAMA, LLC	23	171
CAHABA MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION	23	226
THE DCH HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY	23	179
William Simpson Thoracic Surgery · Tuscaloosa, AL	22	263
SHEPPARD, ARTHUR	21	156
Bernard Veillon Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	21	105
Margaret Guarisco Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	21	108

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE DCH HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY	193	8,096
C Sneckenberger Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	41	359
SPEED, JAMES	35	200
Jason Bearden Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	31	296
MILLER, GRADY	31	210
Northstar Ems, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Tuscaloosa, AL	30	382
Jerry Lushington Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	29	196
John Waits Family Practice · Centreville, AL	29	463
Robert Hamiter Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	27	164
David Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Tuscaloosa, AL	27	167
Cunningham Pathology, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	25	115
Joshua Argo General Surgery · Tuscaloosa, AL	22	361

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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