What is Walter Short's specialty?

Walter Short (NPI 1649295833) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Emergency Medicine in Paragould, AR.

Where does Walter Short practice?

Walter Short practices in Paragould, AR, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1649295833.

How much does Medicare pay Walter Short?

Walter Short (NPI 1649295833) received approximately $19K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 132 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649295833

Walter ShortM.D.

Emergency MedicineParagould, ARI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

252

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

331

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$16K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 354 Emergency Medicine providers in AR — below median (cohort median 485).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

11,452

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$483K

Distinct drugs

154

Brand share

21.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Losartan Potassium466 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen364 claims

Gabapentin359 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium354 claims

Mirtazapine342 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$203

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$203

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$203

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Walter Short'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). 35 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
KENNETT HMA LLC	481	1,300
Medic One, Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Jonesboro, AR	184	501
Timothy Mcpherson Family Practice · Steele, MO	56	247
WILLIAMS, CRAIG	37	81
Abdullah Arshad Internal Medicine · Hayti, MO	37	149
James Fletcher Emergency Medicine · Jonesboro, AR	34	61
Christopher Murdock Diagnostic Radiology · Chesterfield, MO	33	58
WHITLOCK, JAMES	33	63
MULLICK, SUBHO	32	71
Evan Moser Diagnostic Radiology · Cape Girardeau, MO	32	72
SCHEIDLER RURAL HEALTH CLINIC, LLC	31	68
Robert Seelig Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	31	51

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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