PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851376842

Melinda HockensmithMD

PRACTICEPIKES PEAK NEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATES PCSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyColorado Springs, COI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

793

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,819

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$156K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 120 Nephrology providers in CO — top quintile (cohort median 723).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,595

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$164K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

9.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcitriol190 claims

Lisinopril152 claims

Amlodipine Besylate124 claims

Losartan Potassium106 claims

Telmisartan95 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$799

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$799

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melinda Hockensmith'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). 36 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UCH-MHS	197	1,344
American Medical Response Of Colorado Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Colorado Springs, CO	71	354
Jesse Flaxenburg Nephrology · Colorado Springs, CO	58	420
YUAN, BRAD	57	388
NPI 1396781134	45	180
Stephen Fox Nephrology · Colorado Springs, CO	40	218
Christopher Cole Cardiology · Colorado Springs, CO	32	131
Mark Cook Nephrology · Colorado Springs, CO	27	124
David Corry Vascular Surgery · Colorado Springs, CO	23	213
Steven Wegert Diagnostic Radiology · Tampa, FL	22	61
Jon Snider Diagnostic Radiology · Colorado Springs, CO	22	112
Ryan Lundquist Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Myers, FL	21	78

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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