What is Malcolm Foster's specialty?

Malcolm Foster (NPI 1861482556) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Knoxville, TN.

Where does Malcolm Foster practice?

Malcolm Foster practices in Knoxville, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1861482556.

How much does Medicare pay Malcolm Foster?

Malcolm Foster (NPI 1861482556) received approximately $187K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,222 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861482556

Malcolm FosterM.D.

CardiologyKnoxville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,148

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,480

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$149K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 374 Cardiology providers in TN — above median (cohort median 2,451).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,257

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate478 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium340 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium309 claims

Apixaban284 claims

Evolocumab234 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.1

Quality

73.9

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.55%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$87K

Payment records

218

By payment type

Consulting Fee$36K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$26K

Travel and Lodging$10K

Food and Beverage$8K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$7K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$36K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$26K

Travel and Lodging$10K

Food and Beverage$8K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$7K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Malcolm Foster'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). 22 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METRO KNOXVILLE HMA LLC	669	1,943
John Goodwin Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	123	290
BROOME, MONROE	59	114
William Smith Emergency Medicine · Opelousas, LA	53	103
Rural/Metro Of Tennessee, L.P. Ambulance Service Provider · Knoxville, TN	50	162
Douglas Holland Emergency Medicine · Knoxville, TN	46	108
LINDSAY, WILLIAM	40	113
Jeffrey Douglas Infectious Disease · Knoxville, TN	38	126
Nilamkumar Patel Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Knoxville, TN	34	92
Timothy Ballard Nurse Practitioner · Knoxville, TN	32	51
PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER	30	62
POWERS, WILLIAM	30	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.

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