PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1891778528

Christopher AppletonM.D.

PRACTICEMAYO CLINIC ARIZONASee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyScottsdale, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

308

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

359

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$31K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 363 Cardiology providers in AZ — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,847).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.5

Quality

78.3

Cost

76.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.48%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$20

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$20

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Appleton'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). 111 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA	861	2,315
Kelley Kennedy Internal Medicine · Scottsdale, AZ	177	319
LEE, HOWARD	141	283
Prasad Panse Diagnostic Radiology · Scottsdale, AZ	134	276
RUZICH, RUSSELL	127	238
Komandoor Srivathsan Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Phoenix, AZ	119	226
Ryan Robetorye Pathology · Scottsdale, AZ	107	216
Luis Scott Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Phoenix, AZ	102	197
John Lynch Cardiology · Scottsdale, AZ	101	187
Clinton Wellnitz Diagnostic Radiology · Scottsdale, AZ	73	127
Robert Hurst Cardiology · Scottsdale, AZ	66	143
Fadi Shamoun Cardiology · Rochester, MN	53	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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

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