What is Joseph Messina's specialty?

Joseph Messina (NPI 1518980887) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Grenada, MS.

Where does Joseph Messina practice?

Joseph Messina practices in Grenada, MS, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518980887.

How much does Medicare pay Joseph Messina?

Joseph Messina (NPI 1518980887) received approximately $64K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 936 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518980887

Joseph MessinaMD

PRACTICEJOSEPH S MESSINA JR MDSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineGrenada, MSI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,370

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,912

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$60K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 592 Internal Medicine providers in MS — above median (cohort median 1,115).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,009

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$675K

Distinct drugs

155

Brand share

21.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate421 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium367 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium336 claims

Furosemide311 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium298 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$405

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$405

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$405

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Messina'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). 68 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	457	2,348
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS	325	2,337
Cynthia Tindall Nurse Practitioner · Pontotoc, MS	265	1,936
John Seibel Cardiology · Grenada, MS	235	872
Joseph Roberts Internal Medicine · Grenada, MS	163	852
Jarriet Anne Ting Internal Medicine · Fresno, CA	129	319
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC	114	504
Cornelius Mayfield Internal Medicine · Baton Rouge, LA	108	230
Canon Beissel Nephrology · Grenada, MS	94	284
Doyle Renfroe Urology · Oxford, MS	94	424
WAYS, LLC	92	725
Todd Nichols Diagnostic Radiology · Jackson, MS	71	134

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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