PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1407841901

John BrendeseM.D., FACR

PRACTICEJOINT AND MUSCLE MEDICAL CARE , PCSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

516

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,982

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$104K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 164 Rheumatology providers in NC — above median (cohort median 28,282).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,445

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate365 claims

Methotrexate Sodium307 claims

Prednisone260 claims

Tizanidine Hcl241 claims

Gabapentin194 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.9

Quality

82.8

Cost

76.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.46%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Brendese'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 · 9 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	18	104
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	17	48
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER LLC	11	19

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	139	526
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	35	100
Alireza Nami Rheumatology · Charlotte, NC	32	194
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	18	58
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	17	54
MERCY HOSPITAL, INC	16	26
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	12	68
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER LLC	12	21
Presbyterian Imaging Centers Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Charlotte, NC	11	20

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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