PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831180645

Paul AppletonM.D.

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Orthopedic SurgeryBoston, MAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

265

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

317

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$68K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 531 Orthopedic Surgery providers in MA — below median (cohort median 1,092).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$1K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$1K

Food and Beverage$196

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Paul Appleton'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). 34 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Colm Mcmahon Diagnostic Radiology · Boston, MA	121	254
Ronald Eisenberg Diagnostic Radiology · Boston, MA	115	229
NI MHUIRCHEARTAIGH, JENNIFER	110	217
Jim Wu Diagnostic Radiology · Boston, MA	103	270
Edward Rodriguez Orthopedic Surgery · Boston, MA	85	216
Sejal Shah Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	72	180
FALLON SERVICE, INC.	54	172
Elisa Flower Diagnostic Radiology · Boston, MA	49	138
Paul Spirn Diagnostic Radiology · Boston, MA	42	90
FALLON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.	40	95
Andrew Bennett Diagnostic Radiology · Worcester, MA	34	83
HALL, FERRIS	34	77

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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