PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609974708

Melissa LesterD.O.

CardiologyHuntington, WVI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

549

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

639

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$40K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 76 Cardiology providers in WV — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,669).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,130

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$176K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate330 claims

Amlodipine Besylate235 claims

Nitroglycerin141 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate122 claims

Lisinopril122 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$437

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$437

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Lester'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). 129 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL INC	1,062	3,688
ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER INC	868	1,928
Hans Dransfeld Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	204	420
Joseph Dransfeld Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	179	319
COMPTON, RICKY	175	353
Joshua Gibson Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	161	353
Torin Walters Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	154	287
Mehrette Maru Interventional Cardiology · Huntington, WV	149	258
Peter Chirico Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	123	300
Grant Petty Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	122	237
SIEGLER, CHARLES	122	220
Marsha Leaberry Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	120	224

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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