What is Wendell Smith's specialty?

Wendell Smith (NPI 1568480879) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Virginia, MN.

Where does Wendell Smith practice?

Wendell Smith practices in Virginia, MN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568480879.

How much does Medicare pay Wendell Smith?

Wendell Smith (NPI 1568480879) received approximately $19K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 69 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568480879

Wendell Smith

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General SurgeryVirginia, MNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$3K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 417 General Surgery providers in MN — below median (cohort median 188).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

278

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$4K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

60.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole90 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl69 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl48 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen40 claims

Sucralfate19 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

96.9

Quality

94.9

Cost

78.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.92%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Wendell Smith'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). 33 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA, LLC	650	3,995
SMDC MEDICAL CENTER	122	420
ST MARYS MEDICAL CENTER	72	191
Malati Pemmaraju Anesthesiology · Virginia, MN	60	162
Melissa Milkovich Nurse Practitioner · Virginia, MN	42	219
Brenda Cary Family Practice · Virginia, MN	39	353
ERICKSON, CLAUDE	32	55
Christopher Whiting Family Practice · Aurora, MN	32	112
RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES	29	131
Bret Friday Hematology-Oncology · Duluth, MN	24	139
IRON RANGE REHABILITATION CENTER	23	167
LUCCA, MICHAEL	21	48

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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