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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1447258728

Fred BallengerM.D.

PRACTICEJEARLS NUTRITION, LLCSee all providers at this practice →
NephrologyRoanoke, VAI
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PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
474
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$336K
Distinct drugs
15
Brand share
41.4%
Top prescribed drugs
Ferric Citrate68 claims
Clonidine Hcl55 claims
Sucroferric Oxyhydroxide53 claims
Sevelamer Carbonate53 claims
Parenteral Amino Acid 20% No.139 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
47
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
191
Distinct HCPCS
2
Medicare payment
$42K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 218 Nephrology providers in VA — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,566).
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
94.0
Quality
13.9
Cost
78.2
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
87.0
Payment adjustment
0.80%
Group
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$34
Payment records
2
By payment type
Food and Beverage$34
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Fred Ballenger'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). 133 inbound referrers · 215 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER4731,546
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC3771,375
DICKERSON, SHELBY254807
Shahram Ahmadzadeh
Nephrology · Roanoke, VA
195439
Edgar Escasinas
Nephrology · Roanoke, VA
181471
CULPEPPER, CLIFFORD136303
Spectra East, Inc.
Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ
104437
Vishal Patel
Diagnostic Radiology · Roanoke, VA
87210
John Lystash
Cardiology · Bluffton, SC
78347
Ray Beauchamp
Diagnostic Radiology · Richmond, VA
67197
Richard Fuller
Diagnostic Radiology · Richmond, VA
66249
FOSTER, JAMES55177
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER3141,082
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC231817
James Cain
Nephrology · Roanoke, VA
181640
Shahram Ahmadzadeh
Nephrology · Roanoke, VA
157412
Matt Mathew
Nephrology · Roanoke, VA
153432
Spectra East, Inc.
Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ
133489
DICKERSON, SHELBY131427
Edgar Escasinas
Nephrology · Roanoke, VA
126366
CULPEPPER, CLIFFORD119324
Carilion Clinic Patient Transportation, Llc
Ambulance Service Provider · Roanoke, VA
110645
LEWIS-GALE MEDICAL CENTER, LLC88166
Ryan Evans
Nephrology · Roanoke, VA
78203
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.