What is Charles Ducombs's specialty?

Charles Ducombs (NPI 1891765954) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Hammond, LA.

Where does Charles Ducombs practice?

Charles Ducombs practices in Hammond, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1891765954.

How much does Medicare pay Charles Ducombs?

Charles Ducombs (NPI 1891765954) received approximately $45K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 368 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1891765954

Charles DucombsM.D.

Internal MedicineHammond, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

894

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,406

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$43K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,297 Internal Medicine providers in LA — top quintile (cohort median 534).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

19,448

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.8M

Distinct drugs

187

Brand share

24.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium1,165 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium1,159 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium684 claims

Gabapentin586 claims

Amlodipine Besylate572 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$252

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$252

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$252

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Charles Ducombs'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). 24 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTH OAKS MEDICAL CENTER, LLC	310	2,751
SMITH, ROBERT	102	441
John Miller Diagnostic Radiology · Hammond, LA	56	209
WILLIAMS, STEPHEN	38	158
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · Lafayette, LA	34	161
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	28	88
James Parker Cardiology · Hammond, LA	28	132
Rachel Treuting Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Tulsa, OK	27	274
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Meridian, MS	26	127
Jennifer Thomas Nurse Practitioner · Mandeville, LA	25	127
Niksad Abraham Interventional Cardiology · Gonzales, LA	24	93
Jorge Castellanos Cardiology · Baton Rouge, LA	22	121

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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