PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568670396

Joel StarnesM.D., PH.D.

NephrologyLubbock, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

827

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,827

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$148K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

840

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$681K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Allopurinol144 claims

Amlodipine Besylate84 claims

Sevelamer Carbonate81 claims

Lisinopril68 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol67 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$77

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$77

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joel Starnes'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). 73 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PORTER, SCOTT	74	180
Thomas Windisch Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	64	134
SPECTRA LABORATORIES INC	60	312
MARTINEZ, WALDO	59	125
Brian Bruening Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	58	130
Steven White Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	55	125
Thomas Callahan Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Worth, TX	55	117
Gary Simmons Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	55	114
Jason Bradley Cardiology · Lubbock, TX	53	186
James Wolfe Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	52	119
Gregory Poe Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	48	89
Douglas Wright Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	45	88

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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