PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649319195

Christopher SchwarzMD

PRACTICEWAKE SEDATION ASSOCIATES, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyRaleigh, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

617

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,213

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$90K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 491 Gastroenterology providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 652).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,233

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$679K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

42.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoclopramide Hcl331 claims

Sodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg212 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium201 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates86 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl71 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

141

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$49

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$49

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Schwarz'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
REX HOSPITAL INC.	142	425
Wake Endoscopy Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Raleigh, NC	117	206
Inform Diagnostics, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Coppell, TX	74	180
PALUCH, THOMAS	22	40
Nathaniel Williams Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Raleigh, NC	18	28
Paula Jones Nurse Practitioner · Raleigh, NC	17	26
Andi Stamper Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Greenville, SC	15	24
Jacquelyn Carter Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Raleigh, NC	14	30
Andrew Moran Diagnostic Radiology · Raleigh, NC	13	22
CARTER, TIMOTHY	13	24
DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	12	26
Preeti Parekh Pathology · Raleigh, NC	11	19

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