What is Walter Gorton's specialty?

Walter Gorton (NPI 1528037116) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Belzoni, MS.

Where does Walter Gorton practice?

Walter Gorton practices in Belzoni, MS, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1528037116.

How much does Medicare pay Walter Gorton?

Walter Gorton (NPI 1528037116) received approximately $4K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 121 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528037116

Walter GortonM.D.

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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

Top paying entities

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.

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