PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851369458

Melba BrownCRNP CNS

PRACTICEKIDNEY & HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATES, INC.See all providers at this practice →

Nurse PractitionerLima, OHI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

332

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

354

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$31K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,868 Nurse Practitioner providers in OH — above median (cohort median 219).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

280

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Cephalexin44 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen29 claims

Cefuroxime Axetil27 claims

Mupirocin25 claims

Azithromycin25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$48

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$48

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melba Brown'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). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
OGLETHORPE OF MIDDLEPOINT LLC	115	136
Paul Kalogerou Internal Medicine · Van Wert, OH	35	47
Lucas Bass Emergency Medicine · Toledo, OH	26	41
David Mierzwiak Emergency Medicine · Oregon, OH	25	32
TOLEDO HOSPITAL	19	31
Paul Walker Emergency Medicine · Oregon, OH	14	22
NGUYEN, HARRY	14	28
Hassan Semaan Diagnostic Radiology · Napoleon, OH	14	15
THE TOLEDO HOSPITAL	14	27
Syed Husain Emergency Medicine · Toledo, OH	12	23
Ann Aring Family Practice · Columbus, OH	11	16

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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