What is Joyce Richards's specialty?

Joyce Richards (NPI 1841372737) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Cottonwood, AZ.

Where does Joyce Richards practice?

Joyce Richards practices in Cottonwood, AZ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1841372737.

How much does Medicare pay Joyce Richards?

Joyce Richards (NPI 1841372737) received approximately $33K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 202 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1841372737

Joyce RichardsDO

GastroenterologyCottonwood, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

343

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

400

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$30K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 280 Gastroenterology providers in AZ — below median (cohort median 659).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

707

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$211K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

33.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole243 claims

Sodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg98 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium76 claims

Famotidine46 claims

Metoclopramide Hcl33 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.5

Quality

100.0

Cost

75.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.74%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$52

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$52

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$52

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joyce Richards'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). 16 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
VERDE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	262	1,071
Mark Miller Pathology · Cottonwood, AZ	75	146
Gregory Novak Pathology · Cottonwood, AZ	56	123
Stephen Ward Diagnostic Radiology · Flagstaff, AZ	32	75
Jennifer Kottra Diagnostic Radiology · Mchenry, IL	30	65
Kevin Vakili Anesthesiology · Cottonwood, AZ	27	56
CARLSON, ANN	21	38
Kodwo Dickson Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	21	43
Michael Labenz Diagnostic Radiology · Flagstaff, AZ	21	41
HIETTE, PAUL	16	37
PACELLI, ANNA	16	35
NEUMANN, THOMAS	15	34

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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