What is Alex Befeler's specialty?

Alex Befeler (NPI 1881602753) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Saint Louis, MO.

Where does Alex Befeler practice?

Alex Befeler practices in Saint Louis, MO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1881602753.

How much does Medicare pay Alex Befeler?

Alex Befeler (NPI 1881602753) received approximately $44K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 280 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

Top paying entities

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.

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