What is Richard Hughes's specialty?

Richard Hughes (NPI 1558319418) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Emergency Medicine in Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Where does Richard Hughes practice?

Richard Hughes practices in Fort Walton Beach, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1558319418.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Hughes?

Richard Hughes (NPI 1558319418) received approximately $7K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 58 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558319418

Richard HughesMD

PRACTICE96TH MDG EGLIN AFBSee all providers at this practice →

Emergency MedicineFort Walton Beach, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$6K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,991 Emergency Medicine providers in FL — bottom quintile (cohort median 370).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$616

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Cefdinir21 claims

Ibuprofen16 claims

Azithromycin13 claims

Prednisone12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.3

Quality

70.9

Cost

92.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.52%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$34

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$34

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$34

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Hughes'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). 35 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
WATSON, JAMES	229	488
HAMBLEY, PATRICIA	196	429
Leah Tedder Physician Assistant · Niceville, FL	64	82
Michelle Vandenbosch Family Practice · Las Vegas, NV	51	99
Charles Mays Physician Assistant · Miramar Beach, FL	48	60
Joseph Pedone Cardiology · Slidell, LA	39	75
Lon Boutiette Emergency Medicine · Fort Walton Beach, FL	38	107
CRESTVIEW HOSPITAL COMPANY, LLC	35	94
BLANKENSHIP, WYNDAL	35	113
Helen Preston Cardiology · Crestview, FL	34	82
KATZENSTEIN, MARK	34	90
KING, LAWRENCE	26	64

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.

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