PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639176472

Vern KellerMD

Thoracic SurgeryLafayette, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

443

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

452

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$127K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 39 Thoracic Surgery providers in LA — top quintile (cohort median 202).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$262

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Mupirocin35 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$40K

Payment records

148

By payment type

Consulting Fee$11K

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

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$8K

Travel and Lodging$6K

Food and Beverage$6K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vern Keller'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). 23 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST DOMINIC-JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	271	1,195
Benton Parker Diagnostic Radiology · Jackson, MS	89	307
James Thomasson Diagnostic Radiology · Jackson, MS	70	217
Barry Hall Anesthesiology · Jackson, MS	57	162
David Young Interventional Cardiology · Jackson, MS	49	290
Guillermo Tanaka Diagnostic Radiology · Jackson, MS	49	108
Vernon Cotten Cardiology · Jackson, MS	39	172
Reuben Stone Interventional Cardiology · Jackson, MS	39	243
Bryan Lantrip Diagnostic Radiology · Jackson, MS	34	76
STA-HOME HEALTH AGENCY OF JACKSON, INC.	34	66
Douglas Harkins Cardiology · Jackson, MS	33	176
Stephen Crawford Diagnostic Radiology · Jackson, MS	33	88

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

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history