PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821034950

Margaret NicholsMD

NeurosurgeryJoplin, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

356

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

435

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$85K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 118 Neurosurgery providers in MO — top quintile (cohort median 379).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

133

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$859

Distinct drugs

Brand share

41.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen55 claims

Tramadol Hcl36 claims

Cyclobenzaprine Hcl28 claims

Gabapentin14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.4

Quality

60.1

Cost

77.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.27%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Margaret Nichols'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). 14 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
FREEMAN-OAK HILL HEALTH SYSTEM	234	2,040
Laurie Behm Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Joplin, MO	110	416
Maria Hopper Nurse Practitioner · Joplin, MO	75	382
MOUBAYED, AMIR	41	76
Jane Seto Diagnostic Radiology · Joplin, MO	26	74
William Nicholas Cardiology · Joplin, MO	25	74
TOUMA, YARA	16	63
Craig Patterson Pathology · Joplin, MO	15	45
Michael Kane Pathology · Joplin, MO	14	33
David Zuehlke Cardiology · Joplin, MO	13	45
Christopher Longnecker Cardiology · Joplin, MO	13	50
LANGEVIN, EUGENE	13	36

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history