PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528042918

Steven SternMD

RheumatologyLouisville, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,363

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

41,652

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$481K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 60 Rheumatology providers in KY — top quintile (cohort median 857).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,136

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.9M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

33.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Methotrexate Sodium822 claims

Prednisone485 claims

Leflunomide389 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate289 claims

Tramadol Hcl269 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

66.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.63%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$16

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$16

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Steven Stern'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC.	67	167
JEWISH HOSPITAL & ST. MARY'S HEALTHCARE, INC.	58	102
Patricia Hansen Internal Medicine · Louisville, KY	36	54
BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.	25	41
BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.	24	64
NORTON CLARK HOSPITAL, LLC	18	31
Rachel Wate Nurse Practitioner · Corydon, IN	17	30
NORTON HOSPITALS INC	16	25

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history