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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1487652285

Richard HightowerM.D.

Family PracticePooler, GAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$3K
Payment records
166
By payment type
Food and Beverage$3K
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
11,712
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$894K
Distinct drugs
150
Brand share
19.2%
Top prescribed drugs
Atorvastatin Calcium721 claims
Amlodipine Besylate607 claims
Rosuvastatin Calcium518 claims
Levothyroxine Sodium505 claims
Gabapentin348 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
4,133
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
9,636
Distinct HCPCS
41
Medicare payment
$248K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 2,265 Family Practice providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 688).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Hightower'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). 45 inbound referrers · 65 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CANDLER HOSPITAL INCORPORATED1971,531
PRUITTHEALTH-SAVANNAH, LLC82603
WESTVIEW NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC80894
SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC.68242
Allen Meglin
Diagnostic Radiology · Eden Prairie, MN
56212
Thomas Decker
Diagnostic Radiology · Savannah, GA
41168
Robert Myers
Diagnostic Radiology · Savannah, GA
41159
GOUSE, JOHN39145
PHILBRICK, THOMAS38154
Michael Cohen
Family Practice · Pooler, GA
29136
Nizar Eskandar
Nephrology · Hinesville, GA
27316
Michael Mullins
Pulmonary Disease · Savannah, GA
26348
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
CANDLER HOSPITAL INCORPORATED1331,117
Mercy Ambulance Service Inc.
Ambulance Service Provider · Savannah, GA
130744
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC
98457
Clinical Laboratory Services, Inc.
Clinical Laboratory · Winder, GA
98651
WESTVIEW NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC69554
Heather Driessen
Podiatry · Columbia, SC
67315
PRUITTHEALTH-SAVANNAH, LLC66316
MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER INC.61218
David Knopf
Diagnostic Radiology · Savannah, GA
61311
SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC.58237
NPI 185163054548118
Allen Meglin
Diagnostic Radiology · Eden Prairie, MN
39155
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.