PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629065685

Russell BranumMD

PRACTICEWALDRON PLACE PEDIATRIC CLINIC, INCSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyFort Smith, ARI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

9,700

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

254,947

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2.8M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 35 Rheumatology providers in AR — top quintile (cohort median 47,422).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,895

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$691K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Methotrexate Sodium369 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate307 claims

Prednisone289 claims

Gabapentin193 claims

Alendronate Sodium171 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

98.5

Quality

100.0

Cost

87.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.99%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$13K

Payment records

198

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$9K

Food and Beverage$4K

Travel and Lodging$708

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Russell Branum'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CRESCENDO BIOSCIENCE, INC	157	365
Millennium Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	146	1,284
COOPER CLINIC, PA	67	240
Leo Drolshagen Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Smith, AR	42	99
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Maryland Heights, MO	32	108
JOHNSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	30	113
Ismail Ihmeidan Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Smith, AR	27	39
David Diment Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Smith, AR	21	44
Martin Cain Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Smith, AR	19	34
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	18	43
Sandra Johnson Dermatology · Fort Smith, AR	17	41
Richard Nelson Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Smith, AR	15	32

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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