What is Christopher Heck's specialty?

Christopher Heck (NPI 1730170028) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Geriatric Medicine in Fishersville, VA.

Where does Christopher Heck practice?

Christopher Heck practices in Fishersville, VA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1730170028.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Heck?

Christopher Heck (NPI 1730170028) received approximately $15K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 106 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730170028

Christopher HeckMD

Geriatric MedicineFishersville, VAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

116

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$8K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 50 Geriatric Medicine providers in VA — bottom quintile (cohort median 578).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

114

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$13K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Furosemide19 claims

Apixaban17 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium16 claims

Metoprolol Succinate15 claims

Baclofen12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Heck'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). 71 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
AUGUSTA HEALTH CARE, INC	563	4,005
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	559	2,838
Thomas Zumsteg Diagnostic Radiology · Staunton, VA	128	427
LICHTENSTEIN, GARY	128	396
Rebecca Dameron Diagnostic Radiology · Charlottesville, VA	71	194
Waynesboro First Aid Crew, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Waynesboro, VA	63	247
Elizabeth Cobb Nurse Practitioner · Charlottesville, VA	60	305
MURRAY, GARY	58	194
Alfred Shilling Diagnostic Radiology · Roanoke, VA	40	111
Staunton Augusta County First Aid And Rescue Squad Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Staunton, VA	40	142
John Yang Cardiology · Effingham, IL	38	126
Keith Knoell Dermatology · Waynesboro, VA	36	124

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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