What is Melinda Sheppard's specialty?

Melinda Sheppard (NPI 1871997973) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Cincinnati, OH.

Where does Melinda Sheppard practice?

Melinda Sheppard practices in Cincinnati, OH, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1871997973.

How much does Medicare pay Melinda Sheppard?

Melinda Sheppard (NPI 1871997973) received approximately $69K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 766 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871997973

Melinda Sheppard

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Nurse PractitionerCincinnati, OHI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,014

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,129

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$68K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,868 Nurse Practitioner providers in OH — top quintile (cohort median 219).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,657

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

42.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban1,246 claims

Metoprolol Succinate1,035 claims

Rivaroxaban690 claims

Sotalol Hcl641 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate442 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$158

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$158

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$158

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melinda Sheppard'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Madhukar Gupta Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cincinnati, OH	59	142
Theodore Waller Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cincinnati, OH	44	74
Gregory Egnaczyk Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Cincinnati, OH	14	27

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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