What is Nichole Atherton's specialty?

Nichole Atherton (NPI 1881875185) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Visalia, CA.

Where does Nichole Atherton practice?

Nichole Atherton practices in Visalia, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1881875185.

How much does Medicare pay Nichole Atherton?

Nichole Atherton (NPI 1881875185) received approximately $10K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 78 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881875185

Nichole AthertonMD

General SurgeryVisalia, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$5K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,763 General Surgery providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 269).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nichole Atherton'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Bennett Abe Diagnostic Radiology · Visalia, CA	76	147
Jerron Fisher Interventional Radiology · Hershey, PA	76	160
Ameneh Kalani General Surgery · Visalia, CA	66	122
Glade Roper Diagnostic Radiology · Visalia, CA	60	96
Jaime Aguet Diagnostic Radiology · Visalia, CA	54	103
Peter Caballes Family Practice · Visalia, CA	51	79
Kartheek Nagappala General Surgery · Detroit, MI	47	77
Francis Mccully Diagnostic Radiology · Chester Springs, PA	47	81
Daniel Hightower Diagnostic Radiology · Visalia, CA	44	66
Wally Huynh Internal Medicine · Visalia, CA	43	87
Richard Clutson Diagnostic Radiology · Beaver Dam, WI	35	52
MINERAL KING SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.	33	48

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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