PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740424704

Shawn GaoM.D.

Internal MedicineSaint Louis, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

919

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,839

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$157K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,563 Internal Medicine providers in MO — top quintile (cohort median 658).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

54,340

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.1M

Distinct drugs

291

Brand share

17.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium3,531 claims

Amlodipine Besylate2,434 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium1,623 claims

Gabapentin1,617 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium1,584 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.4

Quality

51.3

Cost

59.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.14%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$539

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$539

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Shawn Gao'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). 26 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Carol Blacksher Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist · Saint Louis, MO	105	5,661
SA HOSPITAL ACQUISITION GROUP, LLC	75	777
GATEWAY AMBULANCE SERVICE LLC	61	472
Tshiswaka Kayembe Internal Medicine · Saint Louis, MO	49	447
Charles Scheer Nurse Practitioner · East Saint Louis, IL	44	557
Enquan Gao Psychiatry · Saint Louis, MO	43	288
LUCHTEFELD, GERALD	35	858
NPI 1033105697	29	297
Shearita Sandoval Nurse Practitioner · Saint Louis, MO	26	418
BUSSMANN, CARL	25	175
NPI 1114941044	24	164
HANDOYO, FRANS	23	174

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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