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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730354002

Willie HesterM.D.

PRACTICEMISSION HOSPITAL INCSee all providers at this practice →
Internal MedicineRutherfordton, NCI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
323
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$42K
Distinct drugs
16
Brand share
29.1%
Top prescribed drugs
Apixaban50 claims
Levothyroxine Sodium47 claims
Sertraline Hcl31 claims
Amlodipine Besylate26 claims
Pantoprazole Sodium25 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
186
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
461
Distinct HCPCS
5
Medicare payment
$38K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 2,554 Internal Medicine providers in NC — below median (cohort median 687).
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Willie Hester'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
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76158
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72149
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66141
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62137
Terry Kersey
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39110
James Balvich
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3582
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.