What is John Ward's specialty?

John Ward (NPI 1669489019) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Birmingham, AL.

Where does John Ward practice?

John Ward practices in Birmingham, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1669489019.

How much does Medicare pay John Ward?

John Ward (NPI 1669489019) received approximately $120K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 437 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669489019

John WardMD

PRACTICEHIGHLANDS INTERNAL MEDICINESee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineBirmingham, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

934

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,614

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$118K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,263 Internal Medicine providers in AL — above median (cohort median 839).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$10K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

58.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Methocarbamol22 claims

Apixaban17 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

25.5

Quality

30.0

Cost

44.9

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-5.94%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Ward'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). 77 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Kenneth Bramlett Orthopedic Surgery · Vestavia Hills, AL	149	1,017
John Weaver Orthopedic Surgery · Gallatin, TN	134	460
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	126	629
Barrett Cary Diagnostic Radiology · Hoover, AL	114	491
NPI 1386633857	112	530
Regional Paramedical Services Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Jasper, AL	111	476
JACKSON, GREGORY	106	490
Edward Sullivan Diagnostic Radiology · Birmingham, AL	103	432
ASPIRE PHYSICAL RECOVERY CENTER AT HOOVER, LLC	75	221
RUDULPH, JAMES	71	186
Percy Colon Cardiology · Birmingham, AL	69	292
Jeremiah Peck Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Birmingham, AL	66	156

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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