What is Stephen Nicholas's specialty?

Stephen Nicholas (NPI 1528053550) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Nyc, NY.

Where does Stephen Nicholas practice?

Stephen Nicholas practices in Nyc, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1528053550.

How much does Medicare pay Stephen Nicholas?

Stephen Nicholas (NPI 1528053550) received approximately $401K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 855 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528053550

Stephen NicholasMD

Orthopedic SurgeryNyc, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,362

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

10,687

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$352K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,320 Orthopedic Surgery providers in NY — top quintile (cohort median 1,129).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

599

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

8.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Meloxicam414 claims

Tramadol Hcl61 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen48 claims

Amoxicillin26 claims

Cephalexin24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.3

Quality

66.6

Cost

70.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.26%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$88K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$73K

Royalty or License$12K

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$73K

Royalty or License$12K

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Nicholas'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). 14 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LENOX HILL HOSPITAL	102	464
Benjamin Bedford Orthopedic Surgery · New York, NY	35	97
TYLER, TIMOTHY	25	290
WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	24	67
Bioreference Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Elmwood Park, NJ	21	78
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Raritan, NJ	21	67
Northwell Health Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · New Hyde Park, NY	14	74
Kimberly Gratenstein Anesthesiology · New York, NY	14	46
ENZO CLINICAL LABS, INC.	14	45
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/LAWRENCE HOSPITAL	13	71
Yevgeniy Korshunov Orthopedic Surgery · Staten Island, NY	12	51
David Matusz Orthopedic Surgery · New York, NY	12	28

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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