PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528032687

Robert QualheimM.D.

PRACTICEFOOTHILLS NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyElkin, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

151

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$10K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 295 Nephrology providers in NC — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,277).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

604

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$64K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate99 claims

Losartan Potassium47 claims

Furosemide38 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol32 claims

Sevelamer Carbonate26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$176

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$176

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Robert Qualheim'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). 30 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.	231	1,166
LOWRY, DAVID	104	700
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	88	545
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.	61	760
Randal Bast General Surgery · Lenoir, NC	59	656
WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER INC	50	232
Michael Morin Emergency Medicine · Granite Falls, NC	45	128
Matthew Dyson Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	44	97
Diana Mcclinton Emergency Medicine · Lenoir, NC	43	98
Charles Scheil Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	39	117
Adrian Holtzman Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	39	81
John Battiston Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	37	83

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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