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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518975754

Lester JohnstonM.D.

PRACTICEHOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF WILKES COUNTYSee all providers at this practice →
Internal MedicineWashington, GAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$297
Payment records
16
By payment type
Food and Beverage$297
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
12,026
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$1.6M
Distinct drugs
150
Brand share
24.0%
Top prescribed drugs
Amlodipine Besylate641 claims
Atorvastatin Calcium593 claims
Gabapentin501 claims
Metoprolol Succinate396 claims
Empagliflozin381 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
180
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
211
Distinct HCPCS
6
Medicare payment
$17K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 2,751 Internal Medicine providers in GA — below median (cohort median 670).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Lester Johnston'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). 27 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
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Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
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Wilkes County Board Of Commissioners
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43185
KESHAVAMURTHY, JAYANTH34118
CSRA HOME HEALTH AGENCY-COLUMBIA, INC.3394
Gyanendra Sharma
Cardiology · Augusta, GA
3177
George Havrilla
Podiatry · Thomson, GA
3067
Lloyd Schnuck
Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA
2069
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF WILKES COUNTY2068
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.