PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659313559

Donald RichardsMD

Medical OncologyTyler, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,540

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

65,951

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$815K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 393 Medical Oncology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 4,999).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,261

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Letrozole227 claims

Prednisone141 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen86 claims

Alendronate Sodium62 claims

Potassium Chloride61 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.1

Quality

67.5

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.43%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Food and Beverage$610

Education$184

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Donald Richards'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). 38 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Trincare Inc Clinical Laboratory · Tyler, TX	152	4,198
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER	82	562
Charles Crum Diagnostic Radiology · Tyler, TX	60	424
R. Walker Diagnostic Radiology · Tyler, TX	56	417
Thomas Gregory Medical Oncology · Tyler, TX	56	1,481
Alfred Llave Diagnostic Radiology · Tyler, TX	56	438
ANDREWS, JOHN	55	526
WARD, FRANK	55	1,680
Kurt Reuland Diagnostic Radiology · Tyler, TX	55	448
Michael Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Tyler, TX	53	353
Ramon Kumar Cardiology · Tyler, TX	48	417
Robert Sanchez Diagnostic Radiology · Tyler, TX	48	389

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