PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1689620288

Robert Merkel

PRACTICEKITTITAS COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DIST 1See all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantCle Elum, WAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,484

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$245K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

15.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium455 claims

Lisinopril349 claims

Metoprolol Succinate168 claims

Amlodipine Besylate167 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium166 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

80.9

Quality

66.6

Cost

69.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.25%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Robert Merkel'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). 14 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
KITTITAS COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DIST 1	234	1,278
KITTITAS COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DIST 1	221	1,744
NPI 1083657282	27	65
WISE, ELIZABETH	23	89
YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	20	164
GLENSKI, WILLIAM	18	52
MEDICAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATES	17	23
William Feldmann Diagnostic Radiology · Yakima, WA	16	43
Daniel Pak Diagnostic Radiology · Yakima, WA	15	37
Larry Birger Internal Medicine · Ellensburg, WA	15	38
GOUVEIA, JOSEPH	14	29
David Stepanek Diagnostic Radiology · Yakima, WA	14	35

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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