PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821103029

Russell CarlsonM.D.

PRACTICEWESTERN NEW YORK THORACIC SURGERY, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Thoracic SurgeryBuffalo, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 196 Thoracic Surgery providers in NY — bottom quintile (cohort median 224).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$11K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Collagenase Clostridium Hist.15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$314

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$314

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$314

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Russell Carlson'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). 5 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	29	340
Mark Jajkowski Thoracic Surgery · Cheektowaga, NY	19	114
NPI 1366466195	19	57
Lasalle Ambulance Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Buffalo, NY	16	102
Michael Licata Diagnostic Radiology · Buffalo, NY	14	78

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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ProviderScore

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