PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518944016

Andrew SafferDPM

PRACTICECAROLINA FOOT & ANKLE SPECIALISTS, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

PodiatryMt Pleasant, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,981

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

9,561

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$139K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 150 Podiatry providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 2,820).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

169

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Mupirocin71 claims

Cephalexin39 claims

Gabapentin25 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen19 claims

Methylprednisolone15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

29.3

Quality

25.9

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-5.49%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$84

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$84

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Andrew Saffer'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
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	90	235
R Livingston Internal Medicine · Charleston, SC	52	115
ROPER ST. FRANCIS MOUNT PLEASANT HOSPITAL	35	69
John Mcdonald Internal Medicine · Mt Pleasant, SC	24	57
Russell Chapin Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, SC	15	28
STAFFORD, SAM	13	14
Deanna Vroman Internal Medicine · Charleston, SC	12	23
George Durst Family Practice · Sullivans Island, SC	11	51

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history