PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821074360

Melissa KnucklesM.D.

PRACTICEMELISSA L F KNUCKLES MD PSCSee all providers at this practice →

DermatologyCorbin, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,205

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,921

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$180K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 133 Dermatology providers in KY — below median (cohort median 4,183).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,762

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$8.9M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Triamcinolone Acetonide1,362 claims

Mupirocin810 claims

Dupilumab808 claims

Metronidazole779 claims

Clobetasol Propionate675 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

0.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-9.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$213K

Payment records

404

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$158K

Consulting Fee$33K

Travel and Lodging$15K

Food and Beverage$7K

Education$207

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Knuckles'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). 40 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Hassan Shamma Pathology · Dayton, OH	162	251
MERCY HEALTH-MARCUM & WALLACE HOSPITAL LLC	53	103
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	42	58
SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	39	64
Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Mount Vernon, KY	31	56
Shardan Radmanesh Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	29	39
Labone Of Ohio Inc Clinical Laboratory · Cincinnati, OH	29	61
New Lexington Clinic, Psc Clinical Laboratory · Lexington, KY	25	42
KNOX HOSPITAL CORPORATION	24	62
Randall Hall Podiatry · Richmond, KY	23	39
ROCKCASTLE COUNTY HOSPITAL, INC.	23	46
WITT, WILLIAM	22	52

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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