PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558326439

Howard BakerD.O.

Internal MedicineVernon Hills, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,680

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,406

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$159K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,790 Internal Medicine providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 760).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

8,598

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$670K

Distinct drugs

145

Brand share

21.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium669 claims

Amlodipine Besylate443 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium383 claims

Losartan Potassium284 claims

Metformin Hcl234 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.2

Quality

83.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.85%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$338

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$338

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$338

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Baker'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). 89 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	470	3,390
James Papesch Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	131	837
Jasmina Oberhaus Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	117	831
Alexander Zartaisky Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	117	646
Phyllis Han Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	111	594
Jonathan Alexander Diagnostic Radiology · Skokie, IL	109	691
Louis Manquen Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	106	580
David Foosaner Diagnostic Radiology · Libertyville, IL	106	767
Raymond Chow Cardiology · Gurnee, IL	78	846
Robert Johnson Cardiology · Libertyville, IL	77	427
Charles Jaffe Cardiology · Gurnee, IL	65	508
Timothy Alikakos Interventional Cardiology · Hilton Head Island, SC	64	391

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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