PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770650236

Ralph ChristyMD

PRACTICECAROLINAS PHYSICIANS NETWORK INCSee all providers at this practice →

Thoracic SurgeryConcord, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

103

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

106

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$29K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 62 Thoracic Surgery providers in NC — below median (cohort median 227).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$13K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

21.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Warfarin Sodium31 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate17 claims

Apixaban13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.0

Quality

81.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$601

Food and Beverage$591

Top paying entities

Travel and Lodging$601

Food and Beverage$591

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ralph Christy'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
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	250	1,395
Charles Mclaughlin Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	32	95
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	30	114
Santosh Rao Cardiology · Concord, NC	29	121
Mark Fromke Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	27	64
Andrew Hines Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	26	75
Ashesh Patel Cardiology · Concord, NC	25	96
Angela Mccoy Physician Assistant · Knoxville, TN	25	51
Stephen Zouzoulas Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Concord, NC	23	95
Patrick Kelly Pulmonary Disease · Concord, NC	21	93
Paul Campbell Interventional Cardiology · Concord, NC	21	147
John Gerig Nephrology · Concord, NC	19	84

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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