PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1841222130

Christopher SimmonsM.D.

Internal MedicineCovington, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

273

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

293

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$19K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,297 Internal Medicine providers in LA — below median (cohort median 534).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

153

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$874

Distinct drugs

Brand share

59.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen45 claims

Ondansetron23 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim23 claims

Methylprednisolone18 claims

Azithromycin16 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.1

Quality

76.8

Cost

74.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.47%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Simmons'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
TY COBB REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC	312	858
Jared Mills Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, SC	256	613
PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	46	92
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	42	94
Ashok Kancharla Internal Medicine · Royston, GA	41	176
John Han Hospitalist · Demorest, GA	36	80
Morgan Wood Emergency Medicine · Toccoa, GA	35	117
REDDY URGENT CARE - ROYSTON LLC	32	80
NPI 1205886348	27	63
William Phillips Diagnostic Radiology · Mount Pleasant, SC	20	38
ANMED HEALTH	20	49
Michael Gilhuly Family Practice · Norcross, GA	18	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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history