PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629401864

Michael BlanksteinMD, FRCSC

Orthopedic SurgerySouth Burlington, VTI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

543

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

623

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$103K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 45 Orthopedic Surgery providers in VT — above median (cohort median 412).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

245

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$696

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Amoxicillin109 claims

Tramadol Hcl63 claims

Methocarbamol26 claims

Mupirocin25 claims

Cephalexin22 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$53K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$34K

Travel and Lodging$10K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$4K

Food and Beverage$3K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Blankstein'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). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Mark Lach Diagnostic Radiology · Burlington, VT	61	167
Curtis Green Diagnostic Radiology · Burlington, VT	45	109
Janusz Kikut Diagnostic Radiology · Burlington, VT	43	113
Robert D'agostino Diagnostic Radiology · Burlington, VT	29	84
Norman Sturtevant Diagnostic Radiology · Burlington, VT	24	79
Lamoille Ambulance Service,inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Johnson, VT	24	43
Timothy Higgins Diagnostic Radiology · Burlington, VT	22	42
STARR FARM PARTNERSHIP	13	42
Isaura Menzies Hospice and Palliative Care · Rochester, NY	12	54
Erin Tsai Diagnostic Radiology · Burlington, VT	11	37

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