PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1861671554

Paul SchmeltzerMD

PRACTICECAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

192

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

301

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$19K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 491 Gastroenterology providers in NC — below median (cohort median 652).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

909

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$604K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Tacrolimus151 claims

Ursodiol102 claims

Furosemide68 claims

Rifaximin63 claims

Prednisone57 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$125

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$125

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$125

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Paul Schmeltzer'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). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	189	1,202
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	50	233
LITTMANN, LASZLO	26	121
Chien-Chung Chang Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	20	108
James Ferris Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	19	122
Michael Lavelle Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	18	86
David Levi General Surgery · Charlotte, NC	15	279
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	14	62
Preston Purdum Internal Medicine · Charlotte, NC	13	36
John Grimm Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	12	39

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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