PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518915016

Michael BlumM.D.

Orthopedic SurgeryBirmingham, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

842

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,087

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$41K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 334 Orthopedic Surgery providers in AL — above median (cohort median 2,095).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

416

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Meloxicam197 claims

Cephalexin71 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen66 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen38 claims

Tramadol Hcl16 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$57

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$57

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$57

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Blum'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	47	152
Jason Greer Physical Therapist in Private Practice · Birmingham, AL	17	130
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	15	33
LABORDE, PATRICIA	13	34

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history