PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538141866

M. Merikaton StellaM.D.

PRACTICESTEVE HILL MD PCSee all providers at this practice →

Family PracticeSpruce Pine, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

191

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

382

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$16K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,740 Family Practice providers in NC — below median (cohort median 664).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,187

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$82K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium106 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium69 claims

Omeprazole60 claims

Famotidine56 claims

Lisinopril54 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where M. Merikaton Stella'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Dorothy Deguzman Family Practice · Burnsville, NC	23	65
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS	16	23
Philip Mitchell Family Practice · Burnsville, NC	11	43

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