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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1407054760

David MelonM.D.

PRACTICECAROLINA EAR, NOSE & THROAT-SINUS AND ALLERGY CENTER PASee all providers at this practice →
OtolaryngologyHickory, NCI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
75.0
Quality
0.0
Cost
0.0
Improvement activities
0.0
Promoting interop.
0.0
Payment adjustment
0.00%
Individual
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$705
Payment records
7
By payment type
Food and Beverage$705
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
1,179
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$17K
Distinct drugs
23
Brand share
9.3%
Top prescribed drugs
Montelukast Sodium173 claims
Fluticasone Propionate161 claims
Levothyroxine Sodium113 claims
Ipratropium Bromide110 claims
Prednisone85 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
1,193
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
2,237
Distinct HCPCS
22
Medicare payment
$107K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 293 Otolaryngology providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 1,048).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where David Melon'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). 20 inbound referrers · 32 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER110340
Willard Harrill
Otolaryngology · Hickory, NC
103526
SESHUL, MERRITT102643
Jamey Cost
Otolaryngology · Hickory, NC
77213
MAULDIN, FRANK76262
William Jarrett
Otolaryngology · Hickory, NC
46145
CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.3068
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL2854
Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc
Clinical Laboratory · Hickory, NC
2865
Daniel Bigart
Audiologist · State College, PA
2733
Eric Johnson
Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC
2446
Knox Tate
Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC
1933
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC
141306
DLP FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC107269
Willard Harrill
Otolaryngology · Hickory, NC
102490
CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER86316
SESHUL, MERRITT85619
Jamey Cost
Otolaryngology · Hickory, NC
80237
MAULDIN, FRANK63182
Julie Lohrman
Audiologist · Hickory, NC
5685
Dawn De Neef
Otolaryngology · Hickory, NC
53104
William Jarrett
Otolaryngology · Hickory, NC
50133
BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS, INC.3483
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL2863
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.