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

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history