What is Nicole Wheeler's specialty?

Nicole Wheeler (NPI 1578725560) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Pittsburgh, PA.

Where does Nicole Wheeler practice?

Nicole Wheeler practices in Pittsburgh, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1578725560.

How much does Medicare pay Nicole Wheeler?

Nicole Wheeler (NPI 1578725560) received approximately $184K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 334 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1578725560

Nicole WheelerMD

PRACTICESHAILAJA PAREPALLY MD PCSee all providers at this practice →

Infectious DiseasePittsburgh, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

670

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

8,964

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$174K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 346 Infectious Disease providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 364).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

576

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$315K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

38.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Ceftriaxone Sodium82 claims

Cephalexin42 claims

Cefazolin Sodium37 claims

Cefadroxil35 claims

Amoxicillin35 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$175

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$175

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$175

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nicole Wheeler'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). 42 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UPMC PASSAVANT	142	594
ROMANO, JOSEPH	62	313
Raucheline Akindele Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	56	265
Ubaid Akhtar Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	47	215
Balasubramanya Rangaswamy Diagnostic Radiology · Cleveland, OH	41	182
DUNN, DEBRA	34	165
Sivasubramaniam Kedarnath Cardiology · Franklin, PA	25	114
Lance Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	24	72
Santosh Pandit Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PA	23	164
Micah Jacobs Infectious Disease · Pittsburgh, PA	23	92
Ankur Puri Pulmonary Disease · Pittsburgh, PA	22	209
Wallace Gauntner Internal Medicine · Pittsburgh, PA	21	400

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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