PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1508838384

David TietjenMD

NephrologyHuntsville, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

156

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

440

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$89K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 128 Nephrology providers in AL — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,344).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

160

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$68K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

43.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Sevelamer Carbonate61 claims

Lidocaine/Prilocaine30 claims

Nifedipine22 claims

Telmisartan18 claims

Ferric Citrate17 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$519

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$519

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where David Tietjen'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). 67 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE	407	1,941
HUNTSVILLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.	100	735
David Bains Nephrology · Huntsville, AL	95	344
Shi-Chi Cheng Cardiology · Huntsville, AL	69	196
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	61	280
Timothy Baker Diagnostic Radiology · Huntsville, AL	61	174
Tangayi Githu Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	57	186
Muhammad Khan Cardiology · Huntsville, AL	55	150
Richard Coleman Diagnostic Radiology · Huntsville, AL	55	246
AKENHEAD, ROBERT	53	136
CRESTWOOD HEALTHCARE LP	49	148
Darrin Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Huntsville, AL	48	150

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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