PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528075835

James SheppardMD

PRACTICEAUGUSTA ENT PCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineThomson, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,228

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,622

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$31K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,751 Internal Medicine providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 670).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

31,508

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.3M

Distinct drugs

228

Brand share

20.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium1,401 claims

Amlodipine Besylate1,161 claims

Gabapentin876 claims

Losartan Potassium856 claims

Trazodone Hcl793 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$669

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$669

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Sheppard'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). 28 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Roger Nelson Family Practice · Thomson, GA	54	132
John Bieltz Orthopedic Surgery · Thomson, GA	50	239
George Havrilla Podiatry · Thomson, GA	49	183
BROOKS, WILLIAM	48	92
Gold Cross Ems, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Martinez, GA	47	107
AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC	39	131
PRATHER, STUART	37	67
Forrest Walker Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA	36	85
Jose Bauza Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA	34	48
Harold Jones Diagnostic Radiology · Evans, GA	32	61
James Davis Diagnostic Radiology · Evans, GA	32	48
Rodney Hobbs Diagnostic Radiology · Evans, GA	30	55

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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