PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851319966

Christopher EdwardsMD

General SurgeryHendersonville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

219

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

271

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$31K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 710 General Surgery providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 242).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

251

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

7.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole63 claims

Topiramate51 claims

Oxycodone Hcl36 claims

Sucralfate26 claims

Amitriptyline Hcl22 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.4

Quality

77.7

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.65%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$634

Travel and Lodging$627

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$634

Travel and Lodging$627

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Edwards'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
Lynn Phillips Physician Assistant · Cincinnati, OH	100	170
Peiweng Chen Diagnostic Radiology · Asheville, NC	23	52
Kolandaivelu Ramaswamy General Surgery · Asheville, NC	21	37
FLETCHER HOSPITAL INC.	19	70
County Of Buncombe Office Of Accountant Ambulance Service Provider · Asheville, NC	18	39
Marianne Ballisty Diagnostic Radiology · Asheville, NC	14	27
DLP HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	14	47
Emilie Ralston Diagnostic Radiology · Asheville, NC	13	25
Stacy Reyher Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Asheville, NC	13	19
HENDERSON COUNTY HOSPITAL CORPORATION	13	65
HIMMELFARB, ERIC	12	18
Harold Poston Pathology · Asheville, NC	12	20

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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