What is Charles Craton's specialty?

Charles Craton (NPI 1568435501) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Douglasville, GA.

Where does Charles Craton practice?

Charles Craton practices in Douglasville, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568435501.

How much does Medicare pay Charles Craton?

Charles Craton (NPI 1568435501) received approximately $80K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 285 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568435501

Charles CratonMD

PRACTICEWELLSTAR MEDICAL GROUP, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineDouglasville, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

804

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,094

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$76K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,751 Internal Medicine providers in GA — above median (cohort median 670).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,312

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$415K

Distinct drugs

123

Brand share

16.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium351 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium285 claims

Amlodipine Besylate272 claims

Losartan Potassium270 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium226 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.9

Quality

82.1

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

124

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Charles Craton'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). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	26	59
Cindy Pratt Nurse Practitioner · Douglasville, GA	23	56
Chirag Patel Internal Medicine · Marietta, GA	16	69
Adam Lourie Cardiology · Austell, GA	15	38
Jennifer Price Podiatry · Douglasville, GA	14	31
Alfonso Rea Cardiology · Austell, GA	13	31
COBB HOSPITAL, INC	13	29
Micah Tepper Cardiology · Austell, GA	12	33
Michael Hardee Cardiology · Austell, GA	11	26
Manogna Maddineni Hospitalist · Marietta, GA	11	49
Freddy Achecar Orthopedic Surgery · Austell, GA	11	27

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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