What is Ralph Mc Donald's specialty?

Ralph Mc Donald (NPI 1609839901) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Hickory, NC.

Where does Ralph Mc Donald practice?

Ralph Mc Donald practices in Hickory, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1609839901.

How much does Medicare pay Ralph Mc Donald?

Ralph Mc Donald (NPI 1609839901) received approximately $62K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 498 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609839901

Ralph Mc DonaldM.D.

PRACTICEHICKORY CARDIOLOGY ASSOCIATES PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyHickory, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

617

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

830

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$46K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 602 Cardiology providers in NC — below median (cohort median 2,065).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,141

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$959K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate562 claims

Apixaban501 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium385 claims

Ezetimibe348 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium246 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$982

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$982

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$982

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ralph Mc Donald'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). 60 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Thomas Wiley Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Hickory, NC	240	834
Sanjay Patel Cardiology · Hickory, NC	228	783
Brian Hearon Cardiology · Hickory, NC	201	726
CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	113	259
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	105	379
BOOLS, JOHN	87	219
Franklin Mcguire Pulmonary Disease · Hickory, NC	62	205
Kevin Clark Emergency Medicine · Hickory, NC	58	256
Aaron Braunsteiner Emergency Medicine · Hickory, NC	53	175
Eric Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	50	95
Gregory Taraska Emergency Medicine · Lenoir, NC	49	138
Charles Scheil Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	46	95

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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