PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639249774

Kenneth VargasMD

Internal MedicineNashville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

611

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

767

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$58K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,907 Internal Medicine providers in TN — above median (cohort median 791).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,802

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$811K

Distinct drugs

156

Brand share

19.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate553 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium504 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen378 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium308 claims

Losartan Potassium277 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kenneth Vargas'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
HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF TENNESSEE, INC.	146	426
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	112	210
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	26	74
Gina Chandler Cardiology · Nashville, TN	17	29
TEPPER, PATRICIA	15	33
Maribeth Follmer Nurse Practitioner · Hermitage, TN	13	19
Pathgroup Labs, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Nashville, TN	12	25

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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