PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1831280197

Richard HesterMD

Family PracticePoplar Bluff, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

863

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,041

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$12K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,486 Family Practice providers in MO — top quintile (cohort median 536).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

18,173

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.6M

Distinct drugs

198

Brand share

23.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium670 claims

Gabapentin596 claims

Lisinopril505 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium490 claims

Omeprazole484 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.5

Quality

61.6

Cost

76.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.27%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$292

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$292

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Hester'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). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BIG SPRINGS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	150	932
BIG SPRINGS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	98	267
BIG SPRINGS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	81	329
HUNTER, DAVID	47	96
MOORE, MICHAEL	35	80
Marsha Shivley Nurse Practitioner · Poplar Bluff, MO	27	78
KNEIBERT CLINIC LLC	23	121
Michelle Burnham Nurse Practitioner · Van Buren, MO	18	48
SOUTHEAST HEALTH CENTER OF RIPLEY COUNTY	12	28
WESTERN MISSOURI MEDICAL CENTER	12	46

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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