What is Melinda Banister's specialty?

Melinda Banister (NPI 1770567109) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Lubbock, TX.

Where does Melinda Banister practice?

Melinda Banister practices in Lubbock, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1770567109.

How much does Medicare pay Melinda Banister?

Medicare Part B utilization, prescribing (Part D), MIPS quality scores, and industry payments for Melinda Banister (NPI 1770567109) are detailed on this CareTrace profile.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770567109

Melinda Banister

General SurgeryLubbock, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$162

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melinda Banister'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BIG BEND HOSPITAL CORPORATION	40	168
Adrian Billings Family Practice · Marfa, TX	15	42
Samuel Harden General Surgery · Denver City, TX	15	93

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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OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history

Healthparse Signals

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