What is Dwight Ligham's specialty?

Dwight Ligham (NPI 1669584686) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pain Management in New Haven, CT.

Where does Dwight Ligham practice?

Dwight Ligham practices in New Haven, CT, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1669584686.

How much does Medicare pay Dwight Ligham?

Dwight Ligham (NPI 1669584686) received approximately $335K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 345 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1669584686

Dwight LighamMD

PRACTICEM.B. SHIMELMAN, MD, PCSee all providers at this practice →

Pain ManagementNew Haven, CTI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

824

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

11,813

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$291K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 25 Pain Management providers in CT — top quintile (cohort median 1,598).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,558

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$179K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen155 claims

Oxycodone Hcl141 claims

Duloxetine Hcl109 claims

Gabapentin94 claims

Levetiracetam68 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

97.8

Quality

91.8

Cost

78.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.96%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$67

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$67

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$67

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Dwight Ligham'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
Quest Diagnostics Llc Clinical Laboratory · Wallingford, CT	102	401
PHYSICIANS CHOICE LABORATORY SERVICES, LLC	69	160
Millennium Health, Llc Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	31	68
HARTFORD HEALTHCARE LABORATORIES	26	54
American Medical Response Of Connecticut Incorporated Ambulance Service Provider · New Haven, CT	22	49
Yale University Clinical Laboratory · New Haven, CT	15	25
YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	15	28

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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