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

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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ProviderScore

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