PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851373344

Melissa WardCRNP

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Nurse PractitionerAthens, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

778

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,376

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$37K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 4,044 Nurse Practitioner providers in AL — top quintile (cohort median 309).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,967

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$367K

Distinct drugs

116

Brand share

17.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole347 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium275 claims

Metformin Hcl219 claims

Lisinopril211 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium185 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$157

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$157

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Ward'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
TANNER MEDICAL CLINIC LLC	95	201
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	49	73
THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE	12	22
Stanley Smallwood Nurse Practitioner · Tanner, AL	12	23

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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