PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780610394

Michael DesantisM.D.

PRACTICEMICHAEL CHRISTOPHER DESANTISSee all providers at this practice →

Family PracticeHickory, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,643

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,359

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$222K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,740 Family Practice providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 664).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

26,892

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.9M

Distinct drugs

236

Brand share

22.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium1,316 claims

Lisinopril1,124 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium1,112 claims

Apixaban959 claims

Omeprazole953 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Desantis'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). 62 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Joel Kunze Physician Assistant · Hickory, NC	267	1,769
LUTHERAN HOME-HICKORY, INC.	259	1,497
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	183	1,974
CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	167	775
CAROL LLOYD, INC.	104	378
Eric Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	69	233
Charles Scheil Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	58	200
BOOLS, JOHN	56	201
John Battiston Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	56	179
Adrian Holtzman Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	50	173
Keith Harper Diagnostic Radiology · Seattle, WA	49	140
Knox Tate Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NC	49	154

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

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history