What is Wright Shields's specialty?

Wright Shields (NPI 1720034937) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in New Bern, NC.

Where does Wright Shields practice?

Wright Shields practices in New Bern, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720034937.

How much does Medicare pay Wright Shields?

Wright Shields (NPI 1720034937) received approximately $2K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 13 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720034937

Wright ShieldsMD

PRACTICECOASTAL CAROLINA HEALTH CARE PASee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineNew Bern, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,446

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$79K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

15.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium242 claims

Metoprolol Succinate128 claims

Amlodipine Besylate112 claims

Omeprazole105 claims

Metformin Hcl93 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$16

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$16

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$16

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Wright Shields'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). 110 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Christopher Flye Diagnostic Radiology · New Bern, NC	294	1,505
Vishal Khiatani Interventional Radiology · San Diego, CA	188	546
BOWERMAN, ROBERT	186	607
NPI 1376524660	171	508
PRUITTHEALTH - NEUSE, LLC	171	857
BUFF, SAMUEL	146	326
PADGETT, CATHY	135	648
Jennifer Jenkins Physician Assistant · Wilmington, NC	111	589
James Lorentzen Diagnostic Radiology · New Bern, NC	106	290
NPI 1457532319	104	242
Douglas Holt Emergency Medicine · Morehead City, NC	98	263
Elena Antonescu Diagnostic Radiology · Chapel Hill, NC	92	197

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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