What is Byron Carlson's specialty?

Byron Carlson (NPI 1548377120) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Family Practice in Forest City, IA.

Where does Byron Carlson practice?

Byron Carlson practices in Forest City, IA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1548377120.

How much does Medicare pay Byron Carlson?

Byron Carlson (NPI 1548377120) received approximately $109K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 531 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548377120

Byron CarlsonMD

Family PracticeForest City, IAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,289

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,546

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$102K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,109 Family Practice providers in IA — top quintile (cohort median 805).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

12,861

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$793K

Distinct drugs

159

Brand share

20.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium725 claims

Lisinopril630 claims

Metoprolol Succinate434 claims

Tamsulosin Hcl391 claims

Amlodipine Besylate373 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.8

Quality

80.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.79%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Byron Carlson'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). 56 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MERCY HEALTH SERVICES-IOWA CORP	739	11,474
MERCY HEALTH SERVICES-IOWA CORP.	246	1,942
KELLER, PAMELA	158	893
Twyla Ostercamp Family Practice · Forest City, IA	131	744
MCGUIRE, JAMES	117	657
Gary Swenson Diagnostic Radiology · Mason City, IA	105	404
Travis Petree Internal Medicine · Minot, ND	96	386
Robert Berg Interventional Radiology · Mason City, IA	68	251
William Matthews Diagnostic Radiology · Mason City, IA	67	238
Byron Beasley Cardiology · Mason City, IA	60	413
Ryan Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Mason City, IA	60	234
Gholam Zadeii Internal Medicine · Rancho Mirage, CA	55	283

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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