PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568411262

Kenneth ShephardMD

Internal MedicineMiami, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

490

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

723

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$73K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,680 Internal Medicine providers in FL — above median (cohort median 727).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,299

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

72.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium1,162 claims

Tirzepatide939 claims

Semaglutide851 claims

Empagliflozin590 claims

Empagliflozin/Metformin Hcl403 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

73.5

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$657

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$657

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kenneth Shephard'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	52	124
Ann Podrasky Diagnostic Radiology · Miami, FL	23	39
WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL INC	21	43

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history