What is Christopher Skaggs's specialty?

Christopher Skaggs (NPI 1598739476) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in South Charleston, WV.

Where does Christopher Skaggs practice?

Christopher Skaggs practices in South Charleston, WV, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1598739476.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Skaggs?

Christopher Skaggs (NPI 1598739476) received approximately $150K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 517 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598739476

Christopher SkaggsM.D.

PRACTICESPRING HILL PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineSouth Charleston, WVI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,772

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,284

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$140K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 508 Internal Medicine providers in WV — top quintile (cohort median 523).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

32,535

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.2M

Distinct drugs

233

Brand share

20.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium1,856 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium1,264 claims

Gabapentin1,017 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium997 claims

Amlodipine Besylate860 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

111

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Skaggs'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). 70 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HERBERT J. THOMAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	249	865
Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority Ambulance Service Provider · Charleston, WV	163	2,160
Kristen Shamblin Nurse Practitioner · Charleston, WV	163	3,119
AL-ASBAHI, RIAD	106	164
Putnam County Commission Ambulance Service Provider · Winfield, WV	75	365
Daniel Rodgers Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	73	176
Jeffrey Boss Diagnostic Radiology · Cape Girardeau, MO	63	163
Patrick Hill Diagnostic Radiology · South Charleston, WV	58	170
M Haffar Cardiology · Hurricane, WV	48	292
Kishore Challa Interventional Cardiology · So Charleston, WV	42	116
John Willis Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	42	156
Jennifer Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	39	123

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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