PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780697151

James VestM.D.

PRACTICEPRIMARY MEDICAL, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Family PracticeSurfside Beach, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

568

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

991

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$46K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,484 Family Practice providers in SC — below median (cohort median 1,121).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

13,650

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$801K

Distinct drugs

161

Brand share

19.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Alprazolam768 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium598 claims

Amlodipine Besylate504 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium426 claims

Lisinopril407 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

52.8

Quality

55.5

Cost

74.2

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-2.67%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$814

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$814

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Vest'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). 82 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	216	644
NHC HEALTHCARE-GARDEN CITY LLC	164	1,054
FERGUSON, STEPHANIE	120	1,355
Gery Katalinich Podiatry · Myrtle Beach, SC	112	319
PARABASIC, INC	109	468
GRAND STRAND HEALTHCARE, INC.	100	894
CONWAY HOSPITAL, INC.	95	214
Christopher Daub Diagnostic Radiology · Murrells Inlet, SC	90	330
David Anderson Diagnostic Radiology · Georgetown, SC	67	208
Fritz Frye Physician Assistant · Aynor, SC	62	113
NPI 1063498558	60	182
Robert Whitehead Diagnostic Radiology · Georgetown, SC	53	123

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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