PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1437177474

Brian KerstenMD

PRACTICEMECKLENBURG MEDICAL GROUPSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,554 Internal Medicine providers in NC — bottom quintile (cohort median 687).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

675

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$25K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

7.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium109 claims

Amlodipine Besylate79 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium56 claims

Losartan Potassium54 claims

Lisinopril53 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

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian Kersten'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). 9 inbound referrers · 31 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	53	155
Kristen Hinson Nurse Practitioner · Lafayette, CO	48	124
Carolinas Imaging Services Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Denver, NC	38	65
Diane Merrill Nurse Practitioner · Concord, NC	35	86
Martie Price Dermatology · Charlotte, NC	21	42
Ehrlich Tan Sleep Medicine · Charlotte, NC	17	52
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	15	33
CAROLINAS REHABILITATION	14	45
Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency Ambulance Service Provider · Charlotte, NC	14	41

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	132	411
Richard Miller Cardiology · Charlotte, NC	114	305
MERCY HOSPITAL, INC	91	233
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	57	191
Kristen Hinson Nurse Practitioner · Lafayette, CO	51	119
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	47	97
Carolinas Imaging Services Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Denver, NC	39	73
Diane Merrill Nurse Practitioner · Concord, NC	36	118
DAVIS, JUHAYNA	32	130
Martie Price Dermatology · Charlotte, NC	30	57
MASSEY, SARAH	27	71
Gregory Kimmerle Internal Medicine · Indian Land, SC	25	101

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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