PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609818855

John SimsM.D.

PRACTICEAMARILLO BONE & JOINT CLINIC, LLPSee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryAmarillo, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

628

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,087

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$49K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,568 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TX — below median (cohort median 1,443).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$746

Distinct drugs

Brand share

57.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Tramadol Hcl42 claims

Acetaminophen With Codeine29 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen27 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

30.1

Quality

27.8

Cost

59.8

Improvement activities

10.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-5.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$6K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$6K

Food and Beverage$151

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Sims'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BSA HOSPITAL LLC	30	68
EASLEY, THOMAS	20	35
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	16	26

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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OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history