PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1902893753

Christopher CowherM.D.

Internal MedicineWeirton, WVI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

968

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,163

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$135K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 508 Internal Medicine providers in WV — top quintile (cohort median 523).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

13,494

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$562K

Distinct drugs

134

Brand share

17.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate1,030 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium665 claims

Pravastatin Sodium570 claims

Losartan Potassium552 claims

Metoprolol Succinate484 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

70.8

Quality

35.6

Cost

70.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

96.0

Payment adjustment

-0.50%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Cowher'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). 30 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Ramana Murty Cardiology · Steubenville, OH	82	359
MANNINO, STANLEY	79	576
TRINITY HOSPITAL HOLDING COMPANY	67	225
NPI 1043288335	64	246
Jeffrey Wilps Podiatry · Weirton, WV	43	258
Brijinder Kochhar Pulmonary Disease · Weirton, WV	37	141
Michael Maroney Diagnostic Radiology · Wheeling, WV	37	100
Lisa Brancazio Pathology · Weirton, WV	36	102
Mitchell Fuscardo Emergency Medicine · Weirton, WV	36	108
Viorica Crisan Endocrinology · Weirton, WV	31	89
Jorge Roig Anesthesiology · Weirton, WV	28	139
Joseph Obebe Emergency Medicine · Swainsboro, GA	28	80

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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