What is Hiwot Desta's specialty?

Hiwot Desta (NPI 1558321091) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Lansdowne, VA.

Where does Hiwot Desta practice?

Hiwot Desta practices in Lansdowne, VA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1558321091.

How much does Medicare pay Hiwot Desta?

Hiwot Desta (NPI 1558321091) received approximately $55K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 144 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558321091

Hiwot DestaMD

GastroenterologyLansdowne, VAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

166

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

183

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$19K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 375 Gastroenterology providers in VA — top quintile (cohort median 781).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

147

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$26K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

33.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium31 claims

Dexlansoprazole25 claims

Famotidine17 claims

Baclofen14 claims

Colesevelam Hcl13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

72.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$682

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$682

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$682

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Hiwot Desta'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES	121	300
Satinder Gill Gastroenterology · Lansdowne, VA	54	100
ASGHER, ZAHID	39	79
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Md Clinical Laboratory · Baltimore, MD	21	51
Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Hicksville, NY	19	50
Caroline Shea Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Falls Church, VA	12	25
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	11	56
MARSH, NICHOLAS	11	21
Lorraine Biondi-Austin Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Leesburg, VA	11	22

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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