PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740232917

Walter ChoungMD

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Orthopedic SurgeryBeverly Hills, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,970

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

46,036

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$598K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,417 Orthopedic Surgery providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 1,874).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,579

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$10K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Meloxicam544 claims

Gabapentin298 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen217 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen168 claims

Tramadol Hcl130 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

68.3

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$48

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$48

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Walter Choung'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). 67 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Sally Cottrell Physical Therapist in Private Practice · Crystal River, FL	119	1,568
HUFFAKER, LAURA	90	291
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	78	225
NATURE COAST EMERGENCY MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC	71	253
David Riehn Anesthesiology · Crystal River, FL	67	219
Tonialatoya Wallace-Eley Pathology · Crystal River, FL	66	221
Lee Jacobson Physical Therapist in Private Practice · Dunnellon, FL	56	178
Alex Villacastin Internal Medicine · Citrus Springs, FL	51	381
SHC HOME HEALTH SERVICES - OCALA, LLC	46	137
William Lee Anesthesiology · Jacksonville, FL	46	128
Randal Davis Family Practice · Clinton, TN	43	141
Mary Martin Family Practice · Crystal River, FL	42	142

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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