What is Bettina Eckard's specialty?

Bettina Eckard (NPI 1770717266) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Hickory, NC.

Where does Bettina Eckard practice?

Bettina Eckard practices in Hickory, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1770717266.

How much does Medicare pay Bettina Eckard?

Bettina Eckard (NPI 1770717266) received approximately $10K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 30 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770717266

Bettina Eckard

PRACTICECAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

Nurse PractitionerHickory, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 7,225 Nurse Practitioner providers in NC — bottom quintile (cohort median 268).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

689

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$461K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Sevelamer Carbonate253 claims

Sucroferric Oxyhydroxide89 claims

Lanthanum Carbonate59 claims

Ferric Citrate47 claims

Nifedipine43 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$78

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$78

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$78

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Bettina Eckard'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	84	161
James Ritter Internal Medicine · Hickory, NC	20	27
Scott Sledge Hospitalist · Hickory, NC	18	54
Charles Scheil Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	17	26
Ismo Kaariainen Internal Medicine · Boone, NC	16	60
Luke Byrnes Interventional Cardiology · Conover, NC	15	23
Adrian Holtzman Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	13	20
Dustin Otterberg Physician Assistant · Hickory, NC	13	13
Matthew Dyson Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	11	15

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.

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