What is Clayton Blankenship's specialty?

Clayton Blankenship (NPI 1790178440) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Bakersfield, CA.

Where does Clayton Blankenship practice?

Clayton Blankenship practices in Bakersfield, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1790178440.

How much does Medicare pay Clayton Blankenship?

Clayton Blankenship (NPI 1790178440) received approximately $858K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 421 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1790178440

Clayton BlankenshipNP

PRACTICERHEUMATOLOGY SERVICES MEDICAL GROUPSee all providers at this practice →

Nurse PractitionerBakersfield, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

836

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

30,799

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$501K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 8,685 Nurse Practitioner providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 222).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,218

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.5M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate584 claims

Methotrexate Sodium465 claims

Prednisone436 claims

Sulfasalazine255 claims

Gabapentin242 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.0

Quality

70.7

Cost

68.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.38%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

159

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$60

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$60

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Clayton Blankenship'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). 2 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Trevor Williams Physician Assistant · Bakersfield, CA	24	68
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	23	157

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.

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