What is Rick Thornton's specialty?

Rick Thornton (NPI 1518162858) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Podiatry in Huntsville, AL.

Where does Rick Thornton practice?

Rick Thornton practices in Huntsville, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518162858.

How much does Medicare pay Rick Thornton?

Rick Thornton (NPI 1518162858) received approximately $103K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 483 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518162858

Rick ThorntonDPM

PodiatryHuntsville, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

615

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,360

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$103K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 117 Podiatry providers in AL — above median (cohort median 1,284).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$208

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Cephalexin15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

0.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-9.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Rick Thornton'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). 27 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
John Wagner Family Practice · Cullman, AL	160	468
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	134	205
THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE	128	250
SUMMERFORD NURSING HOME, INC.	102	176
ACCULAB INC.	73	165
CULLMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	67	172
Tri- County Mobile X Ray Inc. Portable X-Ray Supplier · Vinemont, AL	57	73
Megan Huddleston Physician Assistant · Crossville, TN	54	159
Denise Johnson Nurse Practitioner · Huntsville, AL	43	76
H H HEALTH SYSTEM-MORGAN LLC	42	80
HUNTSVILLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.	41	72
DIVERSICARE OF BIG SPRINGS, LLC	39	53

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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