What is Richard Paustian's specialty?

Richard Paustian (NPI 1790851319) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Interventional Cardiology in Helena, MT.

Where does Richard Paustian practice?

Richard Paustian practices in Helena, MT, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1790851319.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Paustian?

Medicare Part B utilization, prescribing (Part D), MIPS quality scores, and industry payments for Richard Paustian (NPI 1790851319) are detailed on this CareTrace profile.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1790851319

Richard Paustian

Interventional CardiologyHelena, MTI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

321

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$100K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

31.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate70 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium60 claims

Apixaban29 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium25 claims

Empagliflozin21 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$41

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$41

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$41

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Paustian'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). 34 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA	217	602
Jeffrey Georgia Diagnostic Radiology · Bethesda, MD	80	224
Todd Wampler Family Practice · Helena, MT	35	233
David Krainacker Family Practice · Helena, MT	33	177
TOWNSEND HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.	29	97
Trent Jensen Emergency Medicine · Helena, MT	29	104
Latha Vellanki Dermatology · Tucson, AZ	27	62
Kathleen Kellogg Internal Medicine · Tucson, AZ	26	208
Andrew Michel Emergency Medicine · Helena, MT	23	90
John Horning Emergency Medicine · San Bruno, CA	23	69
Stephen Mest Internal Medicine · Helena, MT	22	72
Kathleen Trapp Family Practice · Brunswick, ME	20	84

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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