PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780687707

Benjamin HicksM.D.

PRACTICEFORT WAYNE ORTHOPAEDICS LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryFort Wayne, INI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

724

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,971

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$106K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 453 Orthopedic Surgery providers in IN — top quintile (cohort median 1,738).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

546

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen88 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen82 claims

Methocarbamol66 claims

Meloxicam57 claims

Amoxicillin41 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

83.8

Quality

23.9

Cost

77.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

81.0

Payment adjustment

0.37%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$13

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$13

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Benjamin 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). 12 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LUTHERAN MUSCULOSKELETAL CENTER LLC	113	439
IOM HEALTH SYSTEM LP	112	383
Motaz Shaher Cardiology · Lafayette, IN	20	64
PARKVIEW HOSPITAL, INC.	20	52
Richard Stephens Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Wayne, IN	19	55
Cynthia Gorrell Nurse Practitioner · Fort Wayne, IN	18	60
Richard Sibley Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Wayne, IN	15	26
Brett Hagedorn Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Wayne, IN	13	32
Dakshesh Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Wayne, IN	13	37
Leia Becktell Nurse Practitioner · Fort Wayne, IN	12	51
John Rock Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Wayne, IN	12	36
ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	11	42

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