What is John Porterfield's specialty?

John Porterfield (NPI 1811977986) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Bessemer, AL.

Where does John Porterfield practice?

John Porterfield practices in Bessemer, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1811977986.

How much does Medicare pay John Porterfield?

John Porterfield (NPI 1811977986) received approximately $39K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 93 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1811977986

John PorterfieldMD

PRACTICEUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION, PCSee all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryBessemer, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

102

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

103

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$22K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$137K

Payment records

160

By payment type

Education$81K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$36K

Travel and Lodging$17K

Food and Beverage$4K

Top paying entities

Education$81K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$36K

Travel and Lodging$17K

Food and Beverage$4K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where John Porterfield'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	165	880
Perry Smith Anesthesiology · Birmingham, AL	15	41
Mark Langston Diagnostic Radiology · Birmingham, AL	13	26
Todd Stevens Pathology · Kansas City, MO	12	32
Michelle Robbin Diagnostic Radiology · Birmingham, AL	12	42
Jubal Watts Diagnostic Radiology · Birmingham, AL	11	18
Ferdinand Urthaler Cardiology · Birmingham, AL	11	21
Lucy Chapman Anesthesiology · Birmingham, AL	11	23
Lincoln Berland Diagnostic Radiology · Birmingham, AL	11	23

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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