What is Brian Hughes's specialty?

Brian Hughes (NPI 1518181775) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Little Rock, AR.

Where does Brian Hughes practice?

Brian Hughes practices in Little Rock, AR, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518181775.

How much does Medicare pay Brian Hughes?

Brian Hughes (NPI 1518181775) received approximately $730K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 673 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518181775

Brian HughesMD

PRACTICEMEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS OF LRSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyLittle Rock, ARI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,093

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

22,592

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$562K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 86 Gastroenterology providers in AR — top quintile (cohort median 1,287).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,754

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium812 claims

Dicyclomine Hcl196 claims

Sucralfate192 claims

Omeprazole163 claims

Ustekinumab135 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

54.6

Quality

80.8

Cost

76.1

Improvement activities

20.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-2.45%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

113

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$114

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$114

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian Hughes'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). 42 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST HEALTH	211	517
MEDICAL LABORATORIES OF ARKANSAS, INC.	54	213
Kevin Forte Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	49	114
Martin Robinson Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	48	99
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	47	95
John Baden Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	46	94
Todd Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	39	85
Robert Stuckey Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	36	59
Matthew Mccrary Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	35	79
Ronald Daniel Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Little Rock, AR	31	59
Don Fletcher Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Little Rock, AR	30	60
Amanda Ferrell Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	28	64

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.

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