PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1801849062

Alton HunterM.D.

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Orthopedic SurgeryColumbia, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,105

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

9,515

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$183K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 503 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 2,357).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

385

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

61.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen197 claims

Tramadol Hcl45 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen41 claims

Meloxicam26 claims

Methylprednisolone24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.8

Quality

65.3

Cost

77.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

96.0

Payment adjustment

0.29%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$850

Travel and Lodging$507

Food and Beverage$45

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Alton Hunter'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). 20 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Surgery Center Of Middle Tennessee Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Columbia, TN	101	226
CROCKETT HOSPITAL LLC	38	102
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	34	94
Pca Of Columbia, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Columbia, TN	31	50
Joseph Pate Diagnostic Radiology · Columbia, TN	25	57
Jeffrey Adams Orthopedic Surgery · Columbia, TN	21	118
Erion Qamirani Orthopedic Surgery · Columbia, TN	20	172
James Butler Diagnostic Radiology · Columbia, TN	19	58
James Grippo Diagnostic Radiology · Columbia, TN	16	61
Stephen Parey Otolaryngology · Columbia, TN	16	71
STAR PHYSICAL THERAPY LP	14	47
Randall Davidson Orthopedic Surgery · Columbia, TN	14	73

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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