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

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history