What is Nicole Walker's specialty?

Nicole Walker (NPI 1659520898) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in New Orleans, LA.

Where does Nicole Walker practice?

Nicole Walker practices in New Orleans, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1659520898.

How much does Medicare pay Nicole Walker?

Nicole Walker (NPI 1659520898) received approximately $27K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 76 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1659520898

Nicole WalkerM.D.

General SurgeryNew Orleans, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

113

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$14K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 334 General Surgery providers in LA — below median (cohort median 241).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$114

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen36 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

76.3

Quality

71.6

Cost

72.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nicole Walker'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). 5 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Biotech Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Novi, MI	14	53
Joshua Dilworth Radiation Oncology · Royal Oak, MI	13	74
Kliment Donev Pathology · Scottsdale, AZ	12	44
AMIN, MITUAL	11	32
WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL	11	42

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.

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