PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1417940917

John NicolasMD

PRACTICENORTHWESTERN MEDICAL FACULTY FOUNDATIONSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineChicago, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,485

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,772

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$164K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,790 Internal Medicine providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 760).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,681

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$287K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

13.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium761 claims

Amlodipine Besylate751 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium274 claims

Losartan Potassium232 claims

Irbesartan207 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.2

Quality

83.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.85%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$29

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$29

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Nicolas'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). 7 inbound referrers · 11 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	267	1,073
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE	103	429
ENDEAVOR HEALTH CLINICAL OPERATIONS	22	91
WIGGINS, CAROLYN	18	46
REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO	15	60
KREVITZ, CURT	13	62
City Of Chicago Ambulance Service Provider · Chicago, IL	11	26

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE	151	728
CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	75	220
Faizi Jamal Cardiology · Duarte, CA	24	100
DASGUPTA, DIPANKAR	22	58
MILLER, JOHN	19	65
ENDEAVOR HEALTH CLINICAL OPERATIONS	15	68
REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO	14	68
Alexander Uihlein Endocrinology · Greenbrae, CA	14	70
WIGGINS, CAROLYN	13	34
Anjali Gopal Internal Medicine · Chicago, IL	13	35
RAFF, LESTER	11	23

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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