PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1477528461

Stephen RippleM.D.

Orthopedic SurgeryGlendale, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,119

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,154

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$85K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 454 Orthopedic Surgery providers in AZ — above median (cohort median 1,274).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$399

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Methylprednisolone33 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen22 claims

Tramadol Hcl12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.1

Quality

76.3

Cost

71.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.38%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$32

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$32

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Ripple'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). 3 inbound referrers · 9 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
VHS OF ARROWHEAD, INC	21	38
Oner Khera Orthopedic Surgery · Shreveport, LA	16	23
BANNER THUNDERBIRD MEDICAL CENTER	13	21

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc Clinical Laboratory · Phoenix, AZ	83	179
Oner Khera Orthopedic Surgery · Shreveport, LA	33	65
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Phoenix, AZ	31	71
Metro Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Peoria, AZ	30	71
SMI IMAGING, LLC	27	47
SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC	19	155
Marc Rosen Orthopedic Surgery · Phoenix, AZ	18	34
SMI IMAGING, LLC	15	26
Brent Hansen Orthopedic Surgery · Glendale, AZ	13	15

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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