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 · 2024

Total received

$145K

Payment records

192

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$68K

Education$49K

Travel and Lodging$23K

Food and Beverage$6K

Gift$15

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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