What is Kent Lucas's specialty?

Kent Lucas (NPI 1619923836) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in New Bern, NC.

Where does Kent Lucas practice?

Kent Lucas practices in New Bern, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1619923836.

How much does Medicare pay Kent Lucas?

Kent Lucas (NPI 1619923836) received approximately $654K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,459 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1619923836

Kent LucasMD

PRACTICECOASTAL CAROLINA HEALTH CARE PASee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineNew Bern, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

7,703

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

22,797

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$414K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,554 Internal Medicine providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 687).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

21,941

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.5M

Distinct drugs

193

Brand share

29.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium1,040 claims

Amlodipine Besylate1,027 claims

Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf777 claims

Rsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf676 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium653 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$931

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$931

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$931

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kent Lucas'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). 105 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Christopher Flye Diagnostic Radiology · New Bern, NC	280	929
NPI 1376524660	147	290
Vishal Khiatani Interventional Radiology · San Diego, CA	141	271
BUFF, SAMUEL	130	219
BOWERMAN, ROBERT	126	261
Jennifer Dziwanowski Nurse Practitioner · New Bern, NC	122	409
Douglas Holt Emergency Medicine · Morehead City, NC	105	183
James Lorentzen Diagnostic Radiology · New Bern, NC	93	173
NPI 1457532319	84	160
Warren Murray Internal Medicine · New Bern, NC	79	116
Stephanie Hawley Emergency Medicine · Carbondale, IL	73	156
Timothy Sloan Diagnostic Radiology · New Bern, NC	71	143

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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