What is Melissa Erickson's specialty?

Melissa Erickson (NPI 1730356056) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Durham, NC.

Where does Melissa Erickson practice?

Melissa Erickson practices in Durham, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1730356056.

How much does Medicare pay Melissa Erickson?

Melissa Erickson (NPI 1730356056) received approximately $134K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 152 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730356056

Melissa EricksonMD

Orthopedic SurgeryDurham, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

250

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

322

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$66K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 770 Orthopedic Surgery providers in NC — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,323).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$467

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin32 claims

Oxycodone Hcl16 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$35K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$21K

Travel and Lodging$8K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$21K

Travel and Lodging$8K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Erickson'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). 15 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HASH, THOMAS	55	134
COTHRAN, ROGER	45	102
Samit Shah Diagnostic Radiology · Latham, NY	39	115
Tedric Boyse Diagnostic Radiology · Raleigh, NC	34	86
Emily Vinson Diagnostic Radiology · Durham, NC	32	69
Aatif Husain Neurology · Durham, NC	25	82
Ian Chaves Diagnostic Radiology · Blue Ash, OH	24	74
Augustus Grant Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Durham, NC	23	61
Charles Spritzer Diagnostic Radiology · Durham, NC	22	61
David Enterline Diagnostic Radiology · Durham, NC	14	30
Erin Horsley Diagnostic Radiology · Greenville, SC	13	35
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	13	69

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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