What is Douglas Minnich's specialty?

Douglas Minnich (NPI 1730162041) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiac Surgery in Birmingham, AL.

Where does Douglas Minnich practice?

Douglas Minnich practices in Birmingham, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1730162041.

How much does Medicare pay Douglas Minnich?

Douglas Minnich (NPI 1730162041) received approximately $126K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 198 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730162041

Douglas MinnichMD

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Cardiac SurgeryBirmingham, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

738

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

918

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$78K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 18 Cardiac Surgery providers in AL — top quintile (cohort median 304).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

277

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

40.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Levofloxacin71 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen65 claims

Methocarbamol62 claims

Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav47 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium20 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Education$3K

Travel and Lodging$206

Food and Beverage$128

Top paying entities

Education$3K

Travel and Lodging$206

Food and Beverage$128

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Douglas Minnich'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). 20 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	293	2,041
Jubal Watts Diagnostic Radiology · Birmingham, AL	80	229
Thomas Winokur Pathology · Birmingham, AL	73	194
Ferdinand Urthaler Cardiology · Birmingham, AL	60	179
Sushilkumar Sonavane Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL	58	181
David Simmons Diagnostic Radiology · Gadsden, AL	34	87
James Sparrow Anesthesiology · Birmingham, AL	30	65
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	28	70
Philip O'reilly Pulmonary Disease · Birmingham, AL	27	70
Robert Cerfolio Thoracic Surgery · New York, NY	27	162
FROST, ANDRA	27	63
CROWE, DAVID	24	62

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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