What is Richard Rames's specialty?

Richard Rames (NPI 1821081019) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Chesterfield, MO.

Where does Richard Rames practice?

Richard Rames practices in Chesterfield, MO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1821081019.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Rames?

Richard Rames (NPI 1821081019) received approximately $227K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 582 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821081019

Richard RamesMD

Orthopedic SurgeryChesterfield, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,738

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

14,977

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$201K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 457 Orthopedic Surgery providers in MO — top quintile (cohort median 1,114).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

844

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Cephalexin233 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen175 claims

Oxycodone Hcl161 claims

Tramadol Hcl70 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen38 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.0

Quality

69.5

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.59%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Rames'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). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. LUKES EPISCOPAL-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	263	1,309
Rhonda Donovan Nurse Practitioner · Chesterfield, MO	89	274
Creve Coeur Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Creve Coeur, MO	43	57
MERCY HOSPITALS EAST COMMUNITIES	21	59
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Maryland Heights, MO	21	40
JAMROZ, GREGORY	19	50
Anthony Pearson Cardiology · Chesterfield, MO	18	52
Maged Haikal Cardiology · Chesterfield, MO	16	56
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	14	18
David Kaericher Anesthesiology · Chesterfield, MO	12	42

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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