What is Ofelia Balta's specialty?

Ofelia Balta (NPI 1912980178) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Sylva, NC.

Where does Ofelia Balta practice?

Ofelia Balta practices in Sylva, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1912980178.

How much does Medicare pay Ofelia Balta?

Ofelia Balta (NPI 1912980178) received approximately $692K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 510 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1912980178

Ofelia BaltaM.D.

PRACTICEWNC INTERNAL MEDICINE, PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineSylva, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,322

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,488

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$214K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,554 Internal Medicine providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 687).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,696

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$369K

Distinct drugs

112

Brand share

19.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium248 claims

Amlodipine Besylate181 claims

Gabapentin173 claims

Losartan Potassium161 claims

Omeprazole128 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ofelia Balta'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DLP HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	339	1,872
Neille Wilson Diagnostic Radiology · Sylva, NC	117	337
Cheryl Owen Nurse Practitioner · Sylva, NC	53	134
Pathologists Medical Laboratory, P.A. Clinical Laboratory · Asheville, NC	37	79
BAILEY, BETH	27	136
Terence Kolb Emergency Medicine · Blue Ridge, GA	26	101
Current Patterson Dermatology · Sylva, NC	19	43
Gregory Brown Pulmonary Disease · Sylva, NC	15	73
Don Rivenbark Nurse Practitioner · Sylva, NC	13	42
Scott Petty Diagnostic Radiology · Asheville, NC	13	27
DLP HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	13	53
Frank Van Middlesworth Family Practice · Cherokee, NC	12	21

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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