PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699798157

Ronald WaltersMD

Internal MedicinePinehurst, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,162

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,150

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$113K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,554 Internal Medicine providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 687).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,151

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$637K

Distinct drugs

113

Brand share

16.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium636 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium326 claims

Amlodipine Besylate281 claims

Lisinopril264 claims

Apixaban240 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

76.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

92.0

Payment adjustment

0.67%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$159

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$159

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ronald Walters'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). 65 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
County Of Moore Ambulance Service Provider · Carthage, NC	115	496
John Roberson Diagnostic Radiology · Pinehurst, NC	94	316
Glen Toomayan Diagnostic Radiology · Pinehurst, NC	76	268
AVERBOOK, EMILY	76	231
HUDGINS, WILLIAM	75	228
Allen Joseph Diagnostic Radiology · Pinehurst, NC	69	293
Soledad Griffin Diagnostic Radiology · Pinehurst, NC	59	167
Christina Burton Physician Assistant · Hickory, NC	41	197
SERLE, MICHAEL	36	257
GRINE, REYNOLD	34	162
Matthew Holler Hospitalist · Pinehurst, NC	29	161
David Throneburg Optometry · Southern Pines, NC	28	51

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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