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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780663807

Waters HicksM.D.

PRACTICENEPHROLOGY CONSULTANTS, INC., PCSee all providers at this practice →
NephrologyThomasville, GAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$25
Payment records
1
By payment type
Education$25
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
4,714
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$395K
Distinct drugs
83
Brand share
16.7%
Top prescribed drugs
Allopurinol538 claims
Furosemide302 claims
Nifedipine243 claims
Chlorthalidone177 claims
Sevelamer Carbonate164 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
941
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
1,901
Distinct HCPCS
13
Medicare payment
$181K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 303 Nephrology providers in GA — above median (cohort median 1,455).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Waters Hicks'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). 94 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
JOHN D. ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.5063,605
Raul Santos
Nephrology · Thomasville, GA
2332,181
William Allen
Diagnostic Radiology · Austell, GA
149632
Cary Newman
Diagnostic Radiology · Thomasville, GA
100320
Robert Miles
Cardiology · Thomasville, GA
96439
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE AND DECATUR COUNTY86514
HELQUIST, KELLEY84247
Gregory Patterson
General Surgery · Thomasville, GA
83556
Mark Helquist
Diagnostic Radiology · Jacksonville, FL
78217
William Ellis
Internal Medicine · Thomasville, GA
72271
GRADY GENERAL HOSPITAL60330
Winston Connell
Family Practice · Thomasville, GA
56329
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.