What is Dennis Blankenship's specialty?

Dennis Blankenship (NPI 1821086547) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Texarkana, AR.

Where does Dennis Blankenship practice?

Dennis Blankenship practices in Texarkana, AR, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1821086547.

How much does Medicare pay Dennis Blankenship?

Dennis Blankenship (NPI 1821086547) received approximately $170K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 128 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821086547

Dennis BlankenshipM.D.

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Internal MedicineTexarkana, ARI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

368

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,946

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$165K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 599 Internal Medicine providers in AR — above median (cohort median 949).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

595

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$27K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

7.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Furosemide64 claims

Allopurinol58 claims

Calcium Acetate47 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium44 claims

Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog32 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$22

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$22

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$22

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Dennis Blankenship'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). 51 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CHRISTUS HEALTH ARK-LA-TEX	153	1,899
BRIM HEALTHCARE OF TEXAS LLC	116	1,436
CHRISTUS HEALTH ARK-LA-TEX	102	946
JEAN, ALAN	86	1,602
Christian Sell Diagnostic Radiology · Texarkana, TX	71	1,182
Joshua Martin Diagnostic Radiology · Texarkana, TX	65	963
Douglas Trippe Diagnostic Radiology · Texarkana, TX	63	906
Steven Holman Diagnostic Radiology · Texarkana, TX	63	1,060
Malcolm Smith Pulmonary Disease · Texarkana, TX	58	466
James Jean Diagnostic Radiology · Texarkana, TX	53	777
BROWN, WILLIAM	49	641
Candace Chauncy Nurse Practitioner · Texarkana, TX	32	4,175

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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