PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558540500

Earnest KeplerPA-C

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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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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