PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1750344552

Stephen BessonMD

PRACTICELICKING VALLEY INTERNAL MEDICINE & PEDIATRICS PSCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineCynthiana, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,390

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,328

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$137K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,039 Internal Medicine providers in KY — top quintile (cohort median 766).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

30,964

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.8M

Distinct drugs

258

Brand share

25.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium1,386 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium1,185 claims

Gabapentin994 claims

Omeprazole882 claims

Amlodipine Besylate679 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Besson'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). 51 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CRUTCHER, DOUGLAS	488	2,837
Combined Physicians Lab Llc Clinical Laboratory · Richmond, KY	335	1,901
Sarah Florence Nurse Practitioner · Cynthiana, KY	245	1,345
Michael Gainey Family Practice · Cynthiana, KY	233	1,084
Allen Bond Diagnostic Radiology · Lexington, KY	211	830
GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LLC	76	449
John Cook Physician Assistant · Cynthiana, KY	59	147
Dan Sotingeanu Emergency Medicine · Lexington, KY	53	171
Nicholas County Fiscal Court Ambulance Service Provider · Carlisle, KY	48	254
Richard Norfleet Family Practice · Cynthiana, KY	45	125
SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	44	133
FULLER, ELZER	42	132

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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ProviderScore

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