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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1497909683

David NickelsMD

Diagnostic RadiologyLexington, KYI
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MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
2,011
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
2,100
Distinct HCPCS
33
Medicare payment
$65K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 350 Diagnostic Radiology providers in KY — below median (cohort median 2,629).
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
85.8
Quality
68.3
Cost
72.4
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
100.0
Payment adjustment
0.45%
Group
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where David Nickels'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). 98 inbound referrers · 242 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
NPI 1326057241161236
Charles Eckerline
Emergency Medicine · Lexington, KY
124190
Seth Stearley
Emergency Medicine · Lexington, KY
100152
Jeremy Thacker
Diagnostic Radiology · Lexington, KY
99167
Barbara Pawley
Diagnostic Radiology · Lexington, KY
88130
MERHAR, GARY83138
Flavius Raslau
Diagnostic Radiology · Lexington, KY
78120
Jonathan Bronner
Emergency Medicine · Lexington, KY
76106
Michael Winkler
Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA
71165
MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC65112
YOUNG, WILLIAM5774
Michael Brooks
Diagnostic Radiology · Roanoke, VA
5488
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY9052,056
KUO, CHIEN-SUU320574
Lexington Fayette Urban County Government
Ambulance Service Provider · Lexington, KY
193365
NPI 1891717732177280
Marianna Zagurovskaya
Diagnostic Radiology · Fishers, IN
170359
Michael Winkler
Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA
162413
Stephen Hobbs
Diagnostic Radiology · Lexington, KY
158392
Michael Brooks
Diagnostic Radiology · Roanoke, VA
149350
MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC144254
RUGG, SARAH131182
KING, JOSEPH124292
NPI 1326057241123206
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.