PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669539862

Michael PalmerM.D.

PRACTICENORTH COAST SURGICAL SPECIALISTSSee all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryEureka, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,357

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,493

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$943K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,763 General Surgery providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 269).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

681

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$71K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

94.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate348 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen92 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates86 claims

Apixaban40 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim39 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.1

Quality

67.4

Cost

75.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

85.0

Payment adjustment

0.47%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$323

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$323

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Palmer'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). 95 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Timothy Dalsaso Diagnostic Radiology · Eureka, CA	157	535
ST. JOSEPH HEALTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, LLC	136	706
Kathryn Stollmeyer Physician Assistant · Eureka, CA	108	390
Natalia Zarzhevsky Diagnostic Radiology · Arcata, CA	100	430
Allen Mathew Nephrology · Eureka, CA	96	1,196
SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL	90	755
James Moore Diagnostic Radiology · Eureka, CA	79	273
HUSBAND, GEORGE	79	326
Gloria Abels Internal Medicine · Eureka, CA	63	386
Helmuth Vollger Diagnostic Radiology · Hialeah Gardens, FL	46	157
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF EUREKA, INC.	46	233
John Fjerstad Podiatry · Mckinleyville, CA	46	298

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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