PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659338499

George BirksM.D.

Internal MedicinePueblo, COI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,093

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,092

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$129K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,144 Internal Medicine providers in CO — top quintile (cohort median 528).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,631

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$527K

Distinct drugs

136

Brand share

23.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium389 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium303 claims

Omeprazole278 claims

Losartan Potassium239 claims

Tamsulosin Hcl200 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

22.3

Quality

0.0

Cost

74.3

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.32%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$565

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$565

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where George Birks'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). 48 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1396781134	382	910
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO	334	1,809
MOORE, MARK	119	446
PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	114	554
Conor Heaney Diagnostic Radiology · Pueblo, CO	78	304
BARNES, BERNICE	68	309
Michael Mccollum Diagnostic Radiology · Pueblo, CO	65	262
Gordon Gibbs Diagnostic Radiology · Pueblo, CO	62	218
Thomas Gaide Internal Medicine · Pueblo, CO	44	176
Craig Shapiro Pulmonary Disease · Pueblo, CO	38	168
STJERNHOLM, JAMES	34	110
Steven Leto Emergency Medicine · Chicago, IL	32	98

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history