PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528037116

Walter GortonM.D.

PRACTICEGORTON LAB AND X-RAY, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineBelzoni, MSI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

149

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

214

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 592 Internal Medicine providers in MS — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,115).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,703

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$461K

Distinct drugs

102

Brand share

22.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate597 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium225 claims

Hydrochlorothiazide217 claims

Omeprazole176 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium173 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$465

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$465

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Walter Gorton'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
NPI 1457367401	216	820
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	112	418
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER	68	237
MED IMAGING, INC	62	136
STA-HOME HEALTH AGENCY OF GREENWOOD, INC.	52	322
SOUTH SUNFLOWER COUNTY HOSPITAL	45	163
JAGWANI, SUNDER	37	118
ST DOMINIC-JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	35	114
HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INC.	35	210
Farhan Nafis Internal Medicine · Yazoo City, MS	31	244
Michael Coleman Ophthalmology · Greenwood, MS	29	94
NPI 1104848282	28	59

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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