PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518964626

David BjerkenMD

General SurgeryLittle River, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

384

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

449

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$81K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 333 General Surgery providers in SC — above median (cohort median 397).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$149

Distinct drugs

Brand share

50.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate12 claims

Tramadol Hcl12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$13K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$7K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$4K

Food and Beverage$1K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$7K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$4K

Food and Beverage$1K

Travel and Lodging$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where David Bjerken'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). 28 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	170	577
George Nicholson General Surgery · Myrtle Beach, SC	61	104
Richard Wunder Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	57	159
Carolina Regional Surgery Center. Ltd Ambulatory Surgical Center · Myrtle Beach, SC	57	137
Mark Borowicz General Surgery · Myrtle Beach, SC	43	129
NPI 1063498558	36	74
Natalie Kahn Anesthesiology Assistant · Myrtle Beach, SC	31	51
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	30	74
Debby Desalvo Nephrology · Myrtle Beach, SC	28	119
MCLEOD LORIS SEACOAST HOSPITAL	26	100
Lisa Miller Anesthesiology · Burien, WA	25	59
Joshua Tew Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	25	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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