PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598795130

Christopher HamiltonM.D.

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Orthopedic SurgeryBakersfield, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

556

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

665

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$92K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,921 Orthopedic Surgery providers in CA — below median (cohort median 1,100).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

103

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$718

Distinct drugs

Brand share

10.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Meloxicam39 claims

Diclofenac Sodium19 claims

Naproxen18 claims

Ibuprofen16 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.4

Quality

68.6

Cost

69.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.27%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Hamilton'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BRENNAN, ROBERT	64	169
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	39	118
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	33	95
Gregory Applegate Diagnostic Radiology · Van Nuys, CA	31	40

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history