PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871638833

Richard MerkelM.D.

PsychiatryCharlottesville, VAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

161

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

441

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$26K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 469 Psychiatry providers in VA — top quintile (cohort median 207).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

311

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

14.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Lamotrigine50 claims

Quetiapine Fumarate30 claims

Diazepam27 claims

Risperidone26 claims

Trazodone Hcl23 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.5

Quality

79.8

Cost

75.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.48%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Merkel'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Anita Clayton Psychiatry · Charlottesville, VA	54	126
MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL	40	179
David Hamilton Psychiatry · Charlottesville, VA	25	92
Nassima Tiouririne Psychiatry · Charlottesville, VA	21	53
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	15	30
Aditya Sharma Cardiology · Charlottesville, VA	13	29
Christopher Rembold Cardiology · Charlottesville, VA	13	33
Pamila Herrington Psychiatry · Charlottesville, VA	11	107

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history