What is Michael Defrain's specialty?

Michael Defrain (NPI 1851369490) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Thoracic Surgery in Pensacola, FL.

Where does Michael Defrain practice?

Michael Defrain practices in Pensacola, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1851369490.

How much does Medicare pay Michael Defrain?

Michael Defrain (NPI 1851369490) received approximately $272K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 260 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851369490

Michael DefrainMD

Thoracic SurgeryPensacola, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

494

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

511

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$121K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 233 Thoracic Surgery providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 248).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$31

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Tartrate14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$51K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$29K

Travel and Lodging$13K

Consulting Fee$6K

Food and Beverage$4K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$29K

Travel and Lodging$13K

Consulting Fee$6K

Food and Beverage$4K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Defrain'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
GALENCARE, INC.	99	396
Ali Raza Interventional Radiology · Largo, FL	48	293
ST. ANTHONYS HOSPITAL, INC.	42	169
NPI 1225090657	42	392
BABAT, CHESTER	36	142
Emmanuel Roldan Anesthesiology · Tampa, FL	29	106
LARGO MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	20	44
Foster Bryan Thoracic Surgery · St Petersburg, FL	20	74
RISEN, ANDREA	16	49
JOHNSON, JAMES	15	45
WEST FLORIDA - PPH, LLC	14	95
OHI WEST, INC	14	39

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.

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