PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881602753

Alex BefelerMD

GastroenterologySaint Louis, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

392

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

489

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$35K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 294 Gastroenterology providers in MO — above median (cohort median 585).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,872

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$666K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Ursodiol224 claims

Tacrolimus142 claims

Spironolactone103 claims

Carvedilol100 claims

Rifaximin99 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.9

Quality

68.5

Cost

72.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.42%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$30K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$27K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Alex Befeler'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). 23 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Alexa Fider-Whyte Physician Assistant · Saint Louis, MO	155	466
GARRETT, ROBERT	56	157
Nadeem Parkar Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	43	104
MEHDIRAD, ALI	35	75
Scott Ferreira Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Springfield, MO	34	76
Jennifer Palagiri Gastroenterology · Troy, MO	27	122
Bahar Bastani Nephrology · St Louis, MO	24	105
Charlene Prather Gastroenterology · Saint Louis, MO	22	159
Jinping Lai Pathology · West Hollywood, CA	22	47
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Maryland Heights, MO	21	49
Priti Lele Anesthesiology · Saint Louis, MO	19	45
BURTON, MARY	17	30

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history