PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851399687

Joe BernardMD

PRACTICECAROLINA NEUROSURGERY & SPINE ASSOCIATES PASee all providers at this practice →

NeurosurgeryCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

520

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

566

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$86K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 154 Neurosurgery providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 403).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

135

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$10K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

51.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate40 claims

Gabapentin28 claims

Methylprednisolone23 claims

Ticagrelor17 claims

Tizanidine Hcl15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$6K

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$2K

Consulting Fee$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

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$2K

Consulting Fee$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joe Bernard'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). 12 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	131	329
Laura Justen Physician Assistant · Lancaster, SC	68	136
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	41	74
LITTMANN, LASZLO	36	59
Gary Defilipp Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	35	77
MCGINNIS, BARRY	28	61
John Grimm Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	23	48
Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency Ambulance Service Provider · Charlotte, NC	14	34
Robert Mittl Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	13	30
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	12	32
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	11	30
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	11	19

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history