PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1588950596

Thomas FortsonM.D.

Pulmonary DiseaseColumbus, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,006

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,357

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$83K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 305 Pulmonary Disease providers in GA — above median (cohort median 1,005).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,126

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

85.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Albuterol Sulfate472 claims

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter425 claims

Umeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr223 claims

Prednisone155 claims

Budesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol104 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.6

Quality

83.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.70%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$4K

Payment records

By payment type

Education$3K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Thomas Fortson'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC	147	618
KESHAVAMURTHY, JAYANTH	29	178
Gold Cross Ems, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Martinez, GA	23	68
Lloyd Schnuck Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GA	23	124
Namita Mohanty Internal Medicine · Augusta, GA	22	152
Dean Harrell Geriatric Medicine · Augusta, GA	22	141
William Salazar Internal Medicine · Augusta, GA	13	190
Gyanendra Sharma Cardiology · Augusta, GA	11	31
Lee Donohue Internal Medicine · Augusta, GA	11	42

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