PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730123183

Gary FriesenMD

PRACTICEJAMES L CHRISTIANSEN MD PCSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyMarquette, MII

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,356

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,435

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$60K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 628 Cardiology providers in MI — below median (cohort median 1,777).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

459

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$37K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

19.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate94 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium69 claims

Losartan Potassium63 claims

Amlodipine Besylate54 claims

Carvedilol29 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$163

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$163

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Gary Friesen'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). 87 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Thomas Legalley Cardiology · Marquette, MI	136	215
PORTAGE HOSPITAL LLC	123	349
Kevin Gostenik Diagnostic Radiology · Grand Rapids, MI	113	181
Dlp Marquette General Hospital Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Escanaba, MI	108	214
DLP MARQUETTE PHYSICIAN PRACTICES INC	106	148
OUIMETTE, MICHAEL	75	132
David Pesola Cardiology · Marquette, MI	70	160
JOSEPH, JASMINE	70	152
Nelson Gencheff Cardiology · Marquette, MI	64	126
MUNISING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	55	143
Christopher Mehall Interventional Radiology · Marquette, MI	52	93
Anna Reese Family Practice · Anchorage, AK	50	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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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