What is Brian Southern's specialty?

Brian Southern (NPI 1851509921) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Cleveland, OH.

Where does Brian Southern practice?

Brian Southern practices in Cleveland, OH, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1851509921.

How much does Medicare pay Brian Southern?

Brian Southern (NPI 1851509921) received approximately $24K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 202 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851509921

Brian SouthernM.D.

Pulmonary DiseaseCleveland, OHI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

241

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

287

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$22K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 460 Pulmonary Disease providers in OH — below median (cohort median 651).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

647

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$729K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

47.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Pirfenidone98 claims

Prednisone79 claims

Mycophenolate Mofetil78 claims

Albuterol Sulfate64 claims

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter51 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

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

Food and Beverage$306

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

Food and Beverage$306

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian Southern'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). 5 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1285698860	23	99
Omar Lababede Diagnostic Radiology · Cleveland, OH	19	35
Joseph Azok Diagnostic Radiology · Cleveland, OH	18	31
Ruchi Yadav Diagnostic Radiology · Cleveland, OH	16	35
Rahul Renapurkar Diagnostic Radiology · Cleveland, OH	12	18

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

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