PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518994441

R. SaundersM.D.

Orthopedic SurgerySparta, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

339

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,411

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$22K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 503 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 2,357).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

232

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim41 claims

Lorazepam40 claims

Mupirocin40 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen31 claims

Oxycodone Hcl24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$463

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$337

Food and Beverage$126

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where R. Saunders'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
Gary Militana Diagnostic Radiology · Sparta, TN	165	987
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	69	292
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	31	115
Kimberly Peaslee Internal Medicine · Crossville, TN	21	83
Robbie Smith Nurse Practitioner · Crossville, TN	17	88
Dawn Barlow Internal Medicine · Livingston, TN	12	40
NPI 1073590329	12	19
Alan Drake Family Practice · Sparta, TN	11	50

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