What is William Plunkett's specialty?

William Plunkett (NPI 1871553016) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Hammond, LA.

Where does William Plunkett practice?

William Plunkett practices in Hammond, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1871553016.

How much does Medicare pay William Plunkett?

William Plunkett (NPI 1871553016) received approximately $26K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 182 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871553016

William PlunkettMD

Internal MedicineHammond, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

385

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

801

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$24K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,297 Internal Medicine providers in LA — above median (cohort median 534).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

19,320

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.6M

Distinct drugs

197

Brand share

21.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium884 claims

Amlodipine Besylate818 claims

Alprazolam793 claims

Montelukast Sodium707 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium638 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$688

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$688

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$688

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where William Plunkett'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). 42 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTH OAKS MEDICAL CENTER, LLC	355	3,931
SMITH, ROBERT	170	1,064
John Miller Diagnostic Radiology · Hammond, LA	120	489
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Lafayette, LA	79	582
WILLIAMS, STEPHEN	75	362
James Parker Cardiology · Hammond, LA	49	275
Jorge Castellanos Cardiology · Baton Rouge, LA	42	235
Niksad Abraham Interventional Cardiology · Gonzales, LA	40	210
Saurabh Gupta Nephrology · Philadelphia, PA	39	339
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	34	110
Rachel Treuting Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Tulsa, OK	31	764
Jennifer Thomas Nurse Practitioner · Mandeville, LA	29	200

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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