What is John Blankenship's specialty?

John Blankenship (NPI 1730160177) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Urology in Athens, GA.

Where does John Blankenship practice?

John Blankenship practices in Athens, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1730160177.

How much does Medicare pay John Blankenship?

John Blankenship (NPI 1730160177) received approximately $909K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,558 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730160177

John Blankenship

UrologyAthens, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

14,322

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

27,623

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$521K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 280 Urology providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 2,681).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,903

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.5M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

42.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Tamsulosin Hcl943 claims

Finasteride760 claims

Alfuzosin Hcl677 claims

Oxybutynin Chloride500 claims

Ciprofloxacin Hcl414 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.9

Quality

91.5

Cost

91.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Blankenship'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). 46 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	341	1,547
PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	235	1,084
Catherine Schwender Urology · Watkinsville, GA	78	499
Thomas Oliver Urology · Ellsworth, ME	59	443
RHODES, ROBERT	58	195
Ronald Walpert Diagnostic Radiology · Athens, GA	47	138
National Emergency Medical Services Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Watkinsville, GA	47	182
HERRINGTON, WILLIAM	36	103
NPI 1205886348	27	85
Steve Bramlet Diagnostic Radiology · Athens, GA	27	101
Raul Paraliticci Diagnostic Radiology · Woodstock, GA	26	30
Clifford Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Athens, GA	25	73

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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