PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1902840788

Joseph HuffstutterM.D.

PRACTICEARTHRITIS ASSOCIATESSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyHixson, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,008

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

178,995

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.8M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 96 Rheumatology providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 2,318).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,320

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Methotrexate Sodium613 claims

Gabapentin489 claims

Tramadol Hcl435 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen418 claims

Prednisone336 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.2

Quality

94.7

Cost

71.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.60%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$58K

Payment records

266

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$43K

Food and Beverage$6K

Travel and Lodging$6K

Consulting Fee$3K

Education$99

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Huffstutter'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). 15 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC.	246	662
CRESCENDO BIOSCIENCE, INC	55	93
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	49	100
MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC.	47	74
Pathgroup Labs, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Nashville, TN	31	69
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS	24	40
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	22	43
George Watson Diagnostic Radiology · Chattanooga, TN	19	30
PARKRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	19	31
Kilton Kingsman Diagnostic Radiology · Chattanooga, TN	15	29
PIEZ, CHARLES	14	22
William Rowlett Diagnostic Radiology · Chattanooga, TN	14	16

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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