What is Gary Gala's specialty?

Gary Gala (NPI 1518998368) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Psychiatry in Chapel Hill, NC.

Where does Gary Gala practice?

Gary Gala practices in Chapel Hill, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518998368.

How much does Medicare pay Gary Gala?

Gary Gala (NPI 1518998368) received approximately $5K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 21 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518998368

Gary GalaMD

PsychiatryChapel Hill, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$234

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 633 Psychiatry providers in NC — bottom quintile (cohort median 198).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Gary Gala'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). 19 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PARKER, LEONARD	37	261
BIRCHARD, KATHERINE	31	101
WILCOX, CLAIRE	30	191
SUETA, CARLA	29	192
Lisa Rose-Jones Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Wilmington, NC	24	145
Blair Keagy Vascular Surgery · Chapel Hill, NC	21	79
Mauricio Castillo Diagnostic Radiology · Chapel Hill, NC	21	50
Jonathan Gerkin Psychiatry · Chapel Hill, NC	20	77
William Hyslop Diagnostic Radiology · Chapel Hill, NC	18	34
Felicia Williams General Surgery · Chapel Hill, NC	17	155
SEMELKA, RICHARD	16	29
FIELDING, JULIA	15	26

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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