What is Christopher Simmons's specialty?

Christopher Simmons (NPI 1841222130) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Covington, LA.

Where does Christopher Simmons practice?

Christopher Simmons practices in Covington, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1841222130.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Simmons?

Christopher Simmons (NPI 1841222130) received approximately $22K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 197 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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 · 2025

Total received

$17

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$17

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$17

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

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