PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1780786277

Matthew MertzDPM

PRACTICECARBON FOOT AND ANKLE CENTERS PCSee all providers at this practice →

PodiatryLehighton, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,084

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

32,722

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$385K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 940 Podiatry providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 1,734).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

204

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin93 claims

Methylprednisolone34 claims

Cephalexin31 claims

Ketoconazole24 claims

Mupirocin22 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.9

Quality

100.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

51.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$75

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$75

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Matthew Mertz'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). 83 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL	286	687
NORTHEASTERN LABORATORY MEDICINE, INC.	148	636
Robert Durako Internal Medicine · Lehighton, PA	136	769
Raja Abbas Geriatric Psychiatry · Lehighton, PA	80	162
Michael Obert Nurse Practitioner · Lehighton, PA	79	218
ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	75	119
THE CARBON-SCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	71	166
William Markson Cardiology · Lehighton, PA	62	96
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL	59	90
WHITESTONE HEALTHCARE GROUP, LLC	57	90
Physician's Mobile X-Ray, Inc. Portable X-Ray Supplier · Harrisburg, PA	50	79
BADDICK, PETER	50	246

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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