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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history