What is Stephen Stern's specialty?

Stephen Stern (NPI 1629016498) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Podiatry in Bessemer, AL.

Where does Stephen Stern practice?

Stephen Stern practices in Bessemer, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629016498.

How much does Medicare pay Stephen Stern?

Stephen Stern (NPI 1629016498) received approximately $68K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 402 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629016498

Stephen SternDPM

PodiatryBessemer, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

861

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,798

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$62K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 117 Podiatry providers in AL — above median (cohort median 1,284).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

186

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Mupirocin46 claims

Doxycycline Monohydrate37 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen26 claims

Clotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip24 claims

Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort19 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

0.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-9.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Stern'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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	52	94
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	38	114
William Sides Family Practice · Gardendale, AL	23	72
Agnes Collins Physician Assistant · St. Francisville, LA	21	52
BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	16	21
Polly Barlow Diagnostic Radiology · Birmingham, AL	16	24
NPI 1386633857	14	21

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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