PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518915909

Melanie ShorterM.D.

PRACTICESAMUEL E. PALMER, MD, PCSee all providers at this practice →

Family PracticeBonaire, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

233

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

403

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$25K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,265 Family Practice providers in GA — below median (cohort median 688).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,082

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$388K

Distinct drugs

100

Brand share

27.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate238 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium199 claims

Simvastatin138 claims

Fluticasone Propionate132 claims

Losartan/Hydrochlorothiazide112 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$510

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$510

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$510

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melanie Shorter'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
Ava Powell Diagnostic Radiology · Clinton Twp, MI	28	59
Samuel Palmer Family Practice · Bonaire, GA	27	42
Noman Malik Diagnostic Radiology · Moultrie, GA	11	28
Johnny Gayton Ophthalmology · Warner Robins, GA	11	32

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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