PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1457327454

Howard MeltonM.D.

General SurgeryMoultrie, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

258

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

335

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$23K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 652 General Surgery providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 258).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

381

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$6K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole102 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium57 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen42 claims

Metoclopramide Hcl40 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates29 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$255

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$255

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Melton'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). 24 inbound referrers · 41 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BLANCHARD, MARK	89	307
MOSER, ANTHONY	86	203
James Lamon Internal Medicine · Moultrie, GA	49	162
TREBONY, MASON	46	145
Dale Mcgregor Emergency Medicine · Moultrie, GA	36	104
THE KIRK CLINIC LLC	35	100
NORMAN, JOHN	30	74
Cesar Trillo Alvarez Critical Care (Intensivists) · Gainesville, FL	28	148
Merida Logan Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Deland, FL	26	55
Michael Kelley Hospitalist · Moultrie, GA	25	56
Curtis Wilson Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Moultrie, GA	21	35
Amber Holt General Surgery · Moultrie, GA	16	56

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	229	1,052
James Keith Diagnostic Radiology · Moultrie, GA	86	280
Jacob Schwartz Diagnostic Radiology · Savannah, GA	82	255
MOSER, ANTHONY	71	133
BLANCHARD, MARK	47	135
Dale Mcgregor Emergency Medicine · Moultrie, GA	37	146
James Lamon Internal Medicine · Moultrie, GA	36	100
Tracy Stanley Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Moultrie, GA	34	115
THE KIRK CLINIC LLC	32	97
TREBONY, MASON	29	98
Jerry Sullivan Physician Assistant · Tifton, GA	28	169
Cesar Trillo Alvarez Critical Care (Intensivists) · Gainesville, FL	26	139

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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