PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1417930587

William WardMD

Hand SurgeryCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

772

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,068

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$83K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 44 Hand Surgery providers in NC — above median (cohort median 1,287).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

116

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$516

Distinct drugs

Brand share

14.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Cephalexin67 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen17 claims

Tramadol Hcl17 claims

Clindamycin Hcl15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.0

Quality

81.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$94

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$94

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$94

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where William Ward'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 · 10 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	52	175
Marla Walker Physician Assistant · Charlotte, NC	44	86
LITTMANN, LASZLO	22	52
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	13	31
SCOTT, DANA	11	52

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Marla Walker Physician Assistant · Charlotte, NC	42	124
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	34	78
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	32	108
Charlotte Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Charlotte, NC	28	60
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	27	58
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	18	43
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	15	46
Carolina Surgery Center Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Fort Mill, SC	13	18
LITTMANN, LASZLO	13	24
SCOTT, DANA	12	58

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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