PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669428488

Andrew LasterMD

PRACTICEARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS CONSULTANTS OF THE CAROLINAS PASee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,648

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

106,882

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.4M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 164 Rheumatology providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 28,282).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,904

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.5M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone526 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate363 claims

Methotrexate Sodium337 claims

Leflunomide182 claims

Leucovorin Calcium176 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.2

Quality

0.0

Cost

73.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

92.0

Payment adjustment

0.77%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$4K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$600

Education$8

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Andrew Laster'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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	337	1,168
CRESCENDO BIOSCIENCE, INC	54	91
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER LLC	27	50
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	24	41
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Charlotte, NC	23	37
Claudia Moulden Nurse Practitioner · Fort Mill, SC	17	23
HOLEVAS, JOHN	14	52

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