PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669449161

Dirk ElstonMD

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DermatologyCharleston, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,484

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,320

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$258K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 151 Dermatology providers in SC — below median (cohort median 6,217).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,580

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$4.6M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Dupilumab152 claims

Minoxidil123 claims

Mometasone Furoate101 claims

Dupilumab95 claims

Spironolactone73 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

79.0

Quality

62.4

Cost

72.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.17%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$308

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$291

Education$17

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Dirk Elston'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	218	505
John Metcalf Pathology · Charleston, SC	28	40
RALSTON, JONATHAN	14	19
Emily Kmetz Dermatology · Summerville, SC	12	45
Diana Antonovich Dermatology · Charleston, SC	12	23
Richard Marchell Dermatology · Charleston, SC	11	38

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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