What is John Hicks's specialty?

John Hicks (NPI 1528017951) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Where does John Hicks practice?

John Hicks practices in Myrtle Beach, SC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1528017951.

How much does Medicare pay John Hicks?

John Hicks (NPI 1528017951) received approximately $847K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,042 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528017951

John HicksMD

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CardiologyMyrtle Beach, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

6,001

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

10,622

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$845K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 243 Cardiology providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 3,582).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,471

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Losartan Potassium774 claims

Apixaban592 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate590 claims

Metoprolol Succinate408 claims

Amlodipine Besylate306 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.5

Quality

100.0

Cost

75.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.74%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$84

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$84

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$84

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Hicks'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). 21 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	155	694
Telerhythmics, Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Collierville, TN	96	291
MCCAMPBELL, EDWIN	80	395
CONWAY HOSPITAL, INC.	37	99
NPI 1063498558	36	101
Christopher Daub Diagnostic Radiology · Murrells Inlet, SC	28	77
Paul Zdybel Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	26	65
David Anderson Diagnostic Radiology · Georgetown, SC	23	43
Richard Wunder Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	23	59
John Daly Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	22	61
Jimmy Kontos Interventional Cardiology · Myrtle Beach, SC	19	59
Jeffrey Lackey Diagnostic Radiology · Conway, SC	16	34

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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