What is Carol Akerman's specialty?

Carol Akerman (NPI 1720039779) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Podiatry in Knoxville, TN.

Where does Carol Akerman practice?

Carol Akerman practices in Knoxville, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720039779.

How much does Medicare pay Carol Akerman?

Carol Akerman (NPI 1720039779) received approximately $120K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 489 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720039779

Carol AkermanDPM

PodiatryKnoxville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,497

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,757

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$89K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 214 Podiatry providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 1,552).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

737

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Cephalexin183 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen116 claims

Gabapentin93 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim63 claims

Meloxicam59 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

0.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-9.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$976

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$976

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$976

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Carol Akerman'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
METRO KNOXVILLE HMA LLC	56	156
Rural/Metro Of Tennessee, L.P. Ambulance Service Provider · Knoxville, TN	24	62
Bakotic Pathology Associates, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Alpharetta, GA	17	30
Donald Parker Family Practice · Knoxville, TN	17	64
Carla Gillespie Internal Medicine · Knoxville, TN	16	21
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	16	59

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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