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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history