What is Willie Whitaker's specialty?

Willie Whitaker (NPI 1861489759) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Statesville, NC.

Where does Willie Whitaker practice?

Willie Whitaker practices in Statesville, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1861489759.

How much does Medicare pay Willie Whitaker?

Willie Whitaker (NPI 1861489759) received approximately $66K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 102 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861489759

Willie WhitakerM.D.

NephrologyStatesville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

157

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

377

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$53K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 295 Nephrology providers in NC — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,277).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

479

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$139K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

48.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Dapagliflozin Propanediol138 claims

Parenteral Amino Acid 15% No.550 claims

Carvedilol33 claims

Losartan Potassium32 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim30 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Willie Whitaker'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). 41 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
IREDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED	206	1,390
Thomas Gaston Diagnostic Radiology · Statesville, NC	121	859
Meridian Laboratory Corp Clinical Laboratory · Charlotte, NC	55	823
Jose Perez Pulmonary Disease · Statesville, NC	51	239
STATESVILLE HMA LLC	44	133
Ahmed Elnaggar Pulmonary Disease · Statesville, NC	43	210
Enrique Ordaz Vernet Pulmonary Disease · Statesville, NC	43	189
MOORESVILLE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LLC	35	152
BRADFORD, JAMES	32	140
Ray Georgeson Cardiology · Statesville, NC	32	129
Andrew Schneider Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	31	150
Thomas Gansman Emergency Medicine · Statesville, NC	27	80

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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