PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730280512

Joseph RatchfordMD

PRACTICEEFFINGHAM MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineSpringfield, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,561

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

54,236

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$216K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,751 Internal Medicine providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 670).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

17,790

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

204

Brand share

19.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium556 claims

Amlodipine Besylate527 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium523 claims

Losartan Potassium463 claims

Omeprazole426 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

98.9

Quality

85.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.00%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Ratchford'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). 12 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CANDLER HOSPITAL INCORPORATED	49	301
Maria Mascolo Pulmonary Disease · Rincon, GA	46	370
Colin Dodds Diagnostic Radiology · Statesboro, GA	39	90
EFFINGHAM HOSPITAL, INC.	38	158
Effingham County Commissioners Ambulance Service Provider · Springfield, GA	37	123
Claude Sanks Internal Medicine · Guyton, GA	27	106
Kerry Freeman Optometry · Rincon, GA	27	63
SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC.	21	40
MUDANO, MARK	17	61
Robert Myers Diagnostic Radiology · Savannah, GA	15	47
Johnny Sy Emergency Medicine · Savannah, GA	14	59
Thomas Decker Diagnostic Radiology · Savannah, GA	12	29

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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