PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528064201

Keith KowalM.D.

OtolaryngologyFairhope, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

704

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,085

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$166K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 141 Otolaryngology providers in AL — above median (cohort median 1,570).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

882

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

7.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Montelukast Sodium250 claims

Methylprednisolone123 claims

Fluticasone Propionate92 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen66 claims

Zolpidem Tartrate60 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

34.7

Quality

44.3

Cost

56.7

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-4.83%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Keith Kowal'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	42	138
PIEDMONT HENRY HOSPITAL, INC.	33	118
Adam Nauss Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Macon, GA	31	134
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL, INC.	26	68
Changchun Wu Family Practice · Lilburn, GA	15	83
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	13	78

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history