PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881657252

Kris GastonMD

PRACTICETHE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITYSee all providers at this practice →

UrologyCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

458

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,206

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$64K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 320 Urology providers in NC — above median (cohort median 2,412).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

309

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$12K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

14.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Finasteride40 claims

Tamsulosin Hcl39 claims

Levofloxacin38 claims

Ciprofloxacin Hcl32 claims

Tramadol Hcl28 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.9

Quality

70.2

Cost

72.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.33%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kris Gaston'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). 14 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	238	1,872
LITTMANN, LASZLO	30	81
Carol Weida Pathology · Charlotte, NC	23	56
Jaclyn Mieczkowski Nurse Practitioner · Charlotte, NC	22	58
Carolinas Imaging Services Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Denver, NC	19	40
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	17	51
Trisha Shattuck Pathology · Charlotte, NC	17	37
Nirav Shah Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	15	59
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	14	43
James Ferris Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NC	13	32
Earle Burgess Hematology-Oncology · Charlotte, NC	13	128
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	13	43

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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