PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720421217

Karen Heard CushingMD

Internal MedicinePortland, MEI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,108

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,791

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$79K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 404 Internal Medicine providers in ME — top quintile (cohort median 401).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,879

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$504K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium751 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium382 claims

Lisinopril295 claims

Losartan Potassium293 claims

Amlodipine Besylate265 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karen Heard Cushing'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH INC	116	784
Rachael Bowles Internal Medicine · Indianapolis, IN	34	79
FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS & MOORESVILLE	34	147
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	19	48

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history