PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831144252

Howard HirschM.D.

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Orthopedic SurgeryKenner, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

107

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$4K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 318 Orthopedic Surgery providers in LA — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,748).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

229

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

42.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen74 claims

Methylprednisolone48 claims

Naproxen46 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen23 claims

Meloxicam20 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$557

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$557

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Hirsch'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL	199	683
Kenneth Korr Internal Medicine · Providence, RI	45	125
Sharon Eastman Physician Assistant · Attleboro, MA	24	78
Gary Katzman Cardiology · Providence, RI	23	57
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	21	47
RIDLEN, MARK	12	30
REUTER, RICHARD	11	13
Linda Donegan Diagnostic Radiology · Warwick, RI	11	20

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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