PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528013778

David SimsMD

Thoracic SurgeryMerritt Island, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$21K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 233 Thoracic Surgery providers in FL — below median (cohort median 248).

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 · 2024

Total received

$50

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$50

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where David Sims'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). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
TORO, VICTOR	47	110
Crisostomo Lacano Diagnostic Radiology · Rockledge, FL	35	102
SANABRIA, GUILLERMO	33	92
Charles Ehlenberger Diagnostic Radiology · Melbourne, FL	22	58
Jaime Furman Pulmonary Disease · Rockledge, FL	19	62
Brevard County Board Of County Commissioner Ambulance Service Provider · Rockledge, FL	17	47
Julie Bell Pathology · Vero Beach, FL	15	26
John Brodnan Pulmonary Disease · Rockledge, FL	14	32
CAPE CANAVERAL HOSPITAL, INC.	14	39
BREVARD HMA HOME HEALTH, LLC	12	17
NORTH BREVARD COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT	11	56

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history