What is Richard Knight's specialty?

Richard Knight (NPI 1730111345) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Houston, TX.

Where does Richard Knight practice?

Richard Knight practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1730111345.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Knight?

Richard Knight (NPI 1730111345) received approximately $58K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 96 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730111345

Richard KnightM.D.

PRACTICETMH PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONSee all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

157

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

176

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$54K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,477 General Surgery providers in TX — above median (cohort median 212).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

793

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$96K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone118 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium81 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium59 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim42 claims

Famotidine39 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$28K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$14K

Consulting Fee$12K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$14K

Consulting Fee$12K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Knight'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). 47 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Ahmed Gaber General Surgery · Houston, TX	128	736
PODDER, HEMANGSHU	104	704
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	66	431
Sandra Barrow Nephrology · Santa Rosa, CA	66	714
Abdul Abdellatif Nephrology · Webster, TX	64	604
David Ho Urology · Houston, TX	58	393
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	52	156
Chun Lin Interventional Cardiology · San Francisco, CA	46	183
Dipan Shah Cardiology · Houston, TX	44	125
Horacio Adrogue Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	43	409
BRENNAN, THOMAS	41	148
Faisal Nabi Cardiology · Houston, TX	39	121

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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