PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598782922

Paul SykesM.D.

PRACTICECATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP INCSee all providers at this practice →

Family PracticeHickory, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,590

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,941

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$128K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,740 Family Practice providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 664).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

12,096

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.6M

Distinct drugs

138

Brand share

20.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Rosuvastatin Calcium722 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium699 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium602 claims

Metoprolol Succinate479 claims

Losartan Potassium447 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$87

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$87

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Paul Sykes'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	413	4,402
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	111	490
Ramesh Avva Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	58	189
Penny Matlock Nurse Practitioner · Hickory, NC	50	226
Koshilie Gunadasa Family Practice · Lincolnton, NC	33	157
MASSENGILL, ALAN	32	85
Knox Tate Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	27	104
Charles Scheil Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	26	78
John Battiston Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	24	101
James Ritter Internal Medicine · Hickory, NC	24	111
Eric Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	23	57
GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED	22	47

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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