What is Brian Lester's specialty?

Brian Lester (NPI 1508857848) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Dermatology in Brookline, MA.

Where does Brian Lester practice?

Brian Lester practices in Brookline, MA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1508857848.

How much does Medicare pay Brian Lester?

Brian Lester (NPI 1508857848) received approximately $281K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 936 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1508857848

Brian LesterMD

DermatologyBrookline, MAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,980

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,055

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$274K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 478 Dermatology providers in MA — top quintile (cohort median 1,835).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,142

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$212K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

10.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Ketoconazole224 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide211 claims

Mupirocin82 claims

Metronidazole81 claims

Valacyclovir Hcl69 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.6

Quality

84.3

Cost

74.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.49%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$13

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$13

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$13

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian Lester'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Alireza Sepehr Pathology · Dover, MA	414	706
Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts Llc Clinical Laboratory · Marlborough, MA	39	74
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION	18	37
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-NEEDHAM, INC.	18	27
Bill Tsikitas Internal Medicine · South Weymouth, MA	13	27
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON INC	12	30
HEBREW REHABILITATION CENTER	11	29
Gerald Miley Rheumatology · Boston, MA	11	24

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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