PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720081128

Vern MetcalfMD

Internal MedicineNags Head, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,477

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,378

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$190K

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

11,343

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$773K

Distinct drugs

147

Brand share

17.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium688 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium619 claims

Amlodipine Besylate413 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium381 claims

Alprazolam340 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

97.0

Quality

82.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.92%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$153

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$153

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vern Metcalf'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INC	306	1,144
Dare County Administrative Offices Ambulance Service Provider · Kill Devil Hills, NC	75	190
SENTARA ALBEMARLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	53	127
FARLEY, DAVID	52	118
Christine Petzing Family Practice · Palm Harbor, FL	47	155
NPI 1366458093	31	103
William Blakemore Ophthalmology · Edenton, NC	25	63
William Hope Diagnostic Radiology · Newport News, VA	24	43
Roger Lever Family Practice · Suffolk, VA	23	75
Jitendra Swarup Ophthalmology · Elizabeth City, NC	23	57
SENTARA HOSPITALS	22	56
Denise Richardson Podiatry · Williamston, NC	21	44

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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