What is Earnest Kepler's specialty?

Earnest Kepler (NPI 1558540500) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in St Augustine, FL.

Where does Earnest Kepler practice?

Earnest Kepler practices in St Augustine, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1558540500.

How much does Medicare pay Earnest Kepler?

Earnest Kepler (NPI 1558540500) received approximately $105K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 731 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558540500

Earnest KeplerPA-C

PRACTICESOUTHEAST ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantSt Augustine, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,014

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,554

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$102K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,755 Physician Assistant providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 271).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

570

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$4K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

49.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Tramadol Hcl192 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen182 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen102 claims

Celecoxib20 claims

Methylprednisolone20 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.8

Quality

88.2

Cost

81.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.66%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Earnest Kepler'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
Tod Northrup Orthopedic Surgery · St Augustine, FL	116	392
FLAGLER HOSPITAL INC	104	185
Patrick Ziemann-Gimmel Anesthesiology · St Augustine, FL	31	32
Roosevelt Bennett Anesthesiology Assistant · Jacksonville, FL	22	25
Goar Delamerens Internal Medicine · St Augustine, FL	18	37
Ryan Rutledge Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · St Augustine, FL	15	15
Robert Taliaferro Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Augustine, FL	14	17
Jorge Garcia Anesthesiology · St Augustine, FL	11	12
Mikel Foster Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Atlantic Beach, FL	11	11

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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