PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1811925738

Harold FosterM.D.

General SurgeryOpelika, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

463

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

507

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$57K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 346 General Surgery providers in AL — top quintile (cohort median 338).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

382

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$26K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

41.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium124 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen120 claims

Omeprazole33 claims

Balsalazide Disodium15 claims

Esomeprazole Magnesium15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

87.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$782

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$500

Food and Beverage$282

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Harold Foster'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). 41 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE EAST ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY	393	1,501
Gordon Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Montgomery, AL	66	137
Johnathan Hadley Diagnostic Radiology · Ft. Benning, GA	63	150
Joseph Clay Anesthesiology · Opelika, AL	50	113
JOHNSON, MICHAEL	46	102
MCARTHUR, JOHN	43	81
Theo Wages Anesthesiology · Opelika, AL	42	103
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	41	109
East Alabama Ems, Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Opelika, AL	40	103
Matthew Motley Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Opelika, AL	37	101
Aaron Gardner Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Montgomery, AL	32	71
John Hartzog Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Montgomery, AL	31	65

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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