What is James Westerfield's specialty?

James Westerfield (NPI 1649271511) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Baton Rouge, LA.

Where does James Westerfield practice?

James Westerfield practices in Baton Rouge, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1649271511.

How much does Medicare pay James Westerfield?

James Westerfield (NPI 1649271511) received approximately $24K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 123 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649271511

James WesterfieldM.D.

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Internal MedicineBaton Rouge, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

209

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

301

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$24K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,297 Internal Medicine providers in LA — below median (cohort median 534).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

397

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$12K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium60 claims

Ondansetron44 claims

Prednisone41 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate26 claims

Furosemide24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Westerfield'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). 41 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL INC.	313	1,224
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Lafayette, LA	186	610
NPI 1275513947	54	215
Brandon St. Amant Diagnostic Radiology · Baton Rouge, LA	48	176
Mark Wofford Diagnostic Radiology · Baton Rouge, LA	48	144
Scott Schuber Diagnostic Radiology · Baton Rouge, LA	46	175
Christian Morel Diagnostic Radiology · Baton Rouge, LA	44	171
EAST BATON ROUGE MEDICAL CENTER LLC	38	125
Gerard Tassin Diagnostic Radiology · Baton Rouge, LA	34	150
Ryan Majoria Diagnostic Radiology · Baton Rouge, LA	31	129
Michael Bruce Diagnostic Radiology · Baton Rouge, LA	27	130
John Lindsay Cardiology · New Iberia, LA	24	96

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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