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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1497850515

Benjamin ScharfsteinM.D.

General SurgeryBristol, TNI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
86
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$2K
Distinct drugs
6
Brand share
58.1%
Top prescribed drugs
Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates22 claims
Ondansetron17 claims
Neomycin Sulfate12 claims
Oxycodone Hcl12 claims
Pantoprazole Sodium12 claims
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$3K
Payment records
26
By payment type
Travel and Lodging$2K
Food and Beverage$767
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
378
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
417
Distinct HCPCS
11
Medicare payment
$43K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 486 General Surgery providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 282).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Benjamin Scharfstein'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). 17 inbound referrers · 26 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM242884
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC80482
FINCHER, JOHN40242
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM3883
HUDGENS, DAVID3368
Jonathan Mai
Diagnostic Radiology · Bristol, TN
2970
HUTCHISON, JOHN2441
BARKER, RANDALL2355
JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC22127
Mitchell Mendrek
Diagnostic Radiology · Bristol, TN
2053
Harsha Vardhana
Hematology-Oncology · Chattanooga, TN
1975
Douglas Kaffenberger
Diagnostic Radiology · Lexington, KY
1842
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM142408
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC42249
Edson Knapp
Diagnostic Radiology · Homer, AK
41102
FINCHER, JOHN41229
Eric Fish
Diagnostic Radiology · Bristol, TN
3063
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM2761
Ambulance Service Of Bristol Inc
Ambulance Service Provider · Bristol, TN
2574
HUDGENS, DAVID2453
David Gwaltney
General Surgery · Bristol, TN
2377
Matthew Powers
Diagnostic Radiology · Bristol, TN
2248
Nicole Nilson
Pathology · Soldotna, AK
2066
Jonathan Burress
Cardiology · Bristol, TN
1937
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.