What is Melissa Hicks's specialty?

Melissa Hicks (NPI 1821059593) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Family Practice in Asheville, NC.

Where does Melissa Hicks practice?

Melissa Hicks practices in Asheville, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1821059593.

How much does Medicare pay Melissa Hicks?

Medicare Part B utilization, prescribing (Part D), MIPS quality scores, and industry payments for Melissa Hicks (NPI 1821059593) are detailed on this CareTrace profile.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821059593

Melissa Hicks

PRACTICEMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, INC.See all providers at this practice →

Family PracticeAsheville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,862

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$177K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl145 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium133 claims

Omeprazole101 claims

Amlodipine Besylate94 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium92 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.4

Quality

77.7

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.65%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Hicks'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). 15 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Lisa Lavallee Family Practice · Asheville, NC	39	85
Joshua Gettinger Family Practice · Asheville, NC	32	89
VAUGHAN, AARON	32	49
County Of Buncombe Office Of Accountant Ambulance Service Provider · Asheville, NC	29	96
Benjamin Gilmer Family Practice · Fletcher, NC	25	57
Timothy Plaut Family Practice · Asheville, NC	20	64
Amy Santin Family Practice · Fletcher, NC	19	86
COMMUNITY CAREPARTNERS, INC.	18	66
Lisa Reed Family Practice · Asheville, NC	18	35
Ginger Poulton Family Practice · Asheville, NC	17	96
Pathologists Medical Laboratory, P.A. Clinical Laboratory · Asheville, NC	16	22
Michael Coladonato Family Practice · Fletcher, NC	15	56

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.

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