PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1710915962

Stephen TowerMD

PRACTICECHUNG MEA HA MD PCSee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryAnchorage, AKI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

519

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,569

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$81K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 66 Orthopedic Surgery providers in AK — top quintile (cohort median 1,043).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

231

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin96 claims

Tramadol Hcl68 claims

Meloxicam26 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen23 claims

Water For Irrigation,sterile18 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

70.6

Quality

83.4

Cost

16.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

-0.53%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$108

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$108

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Tower'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES WASHINGTON	95	395
Diagnostic Health Center Of Anchorage, Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Anchorage, AK	45	112
Municipality Of Anchorage Ambulance Service Provider · Anchorage, AK	15	39
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Seattle, WA	13	35
Wandal Winn Diagnostic Radiology · Anchorage, AK	12	21
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Seattle, WA	11	24

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history