PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730162926

Laura ShepherdMD

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NephrologyGainesville, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,416

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

7,976

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$211K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 303 Nephrology providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 1,455).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,210

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$363K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

14.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcitriol270 claims

Amlodipine Besylate157 claims

Losartan Potassium120 claims

Metoprolol Succinate81 claims

Lisinopril71 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.3

Quality

71.9

Cost

76.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

75.0

Payment adjustment

0.14%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$22

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$22

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Laura Shepherd'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). 49 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	349	1,848
Mark Kats Nephrology · Gainesville, GA	91	620
HOOPER, TREVOR	88	362
Ajay Ravi Diagnostic Radiology · Gainesville, GA	78	240
Lee Martin Diagnostic Radiology · Gainesville, GA	71	203
Robert Balotin Diagnostic Radiology · Gainesville, GA	69	200
Richard Cory Diagnostic Radiology · Gainesville, GA	66	149
Matthew Scott Diagnostic Radiology · Macon, GA	58	141
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	49	192
Scott Stephen Diagnostic Radiology · Gainesville, GA	39	94
Abhishek Gaur Cardiology · Gainesville, GA	38	104
Julie Presley Diagnostic Radiology · Gainesville, GA	29	65

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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