PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831155944

Michael PonderMD

PRACTICEBLUE RIDGE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyKingsport, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,185

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,348

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$56K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 374 Cardiology providers in TN — below median (cohort median 2,451).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,838

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$715K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Carvedilol543 claims

Apixaban428 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate289 claims

Pravastatin Sodium186 claims

Ranolazine185 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$891

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$891

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Ponder'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). 42 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	153	376
NPI 1184666778	125	344
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	97	376
Arthur Austin Diagnostic Radiology · Johnson City, TN	64	114
WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM	58	106
Larry Breeding Cardiology · Kingsport, TN	58	124
Mirle Girish Pulmonary Disease · Kingsport, TN	54	162
Shannon Jones Nurse Practitioner · Kingsport, TN	52	160
Sullivan County Ems Ambulance Service Provider · Blountville, TN	48	66
DICKENSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	44	109
Jose Picaza Diagnostic Radiology · Johnson City, TN	40	72
Glen Hatcher Diagnostic Radiology · Johnson City, TN	36	53

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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