What is Michael Hammer's specialty?

Michael Hammer (NPI 1588784250) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Columbia, SC.

Where does Michael Hammer practice?

Michael Hammer practices in Columbia, SC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1588784250.

How much does Medicare pay Michael Hammer?

Michael Hammer (NPI 1588784250) received approximately $386K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 462 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1588784250

Michael HammerDO

Internal MedicineColumbia, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,298

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,906

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$382K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,190 Internal Medicine providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 884).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

491

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$14K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

9.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin57 claims

Meloxicam49 claims

Prednisone36 claims

Duloxetine Hcl34 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate32 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.7

Quality

89.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.83%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$18

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$18

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$18

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Hammer'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). 67 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PARNES, NEIL	108	246
KAVANAGH, JOSEPH	83	162
Michael Enright Diagnostic Radiology · Spartanburg, SC	82	196
Kelan Brown Diagnostic Radiology · Spartanburg, SC	75	171
KURKJIAN, JOSEPH	61	125
WARREN, LAWRENCE	49	96
David Pelino Diagnostic Radiology · Spartanburg, SC	45	95
Imranullah Shaikh Hospitalist · Easley, SC	41	103
James Haswell Diagnostic Radiology · Columbia, SC	40	90
David Rodak Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Spartanburg, SC	39	84
Wellesley Alexander Internal Medicine · Spartanburg, SC	34	52
Joan Burkhardt Diagnostic Radiology · Spartanburg, SC	33	62

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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