What is Ronald Walters's specialty?

Ronald Walters (NPI 1922002997) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Whiteville, NC.

Where does Ronald Walters practice?

Ronald Walters practices in Whiteville, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1922002997.

How much does Medicare pay Ronald Walters?

Ronald Walters (NPI 1922002997) received approximately $170K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 366 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1922002997

Ronald WaltersM.D.

PRACTICEWALTERS SURGICAL ASSOC PASee all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryWhiteville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,000

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,616

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$119K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 710 General Surgery providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 242).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

353

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium136 claims

Tramadol Hcl38 claims

Mupirocin31 claims

Sucralfate27 claims

Clopidogrel Bisulfate25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

85.8

Quality

60.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.45%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$305

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$305

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$305

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ronald Walters'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). 47 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	481	2,597
Demir Bastug Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	214	627
Whiteville Rescue Unit Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Whiteville, NC	54	171
Columbus County Ems, Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Whiteville, NC	51	1,112
Alexander Kotlarevsky Hospitalist · Whiteville, NC	50	109
REED, TAMMY	46	159
Leroy Roberts Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	36	87
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	35	119
Amit Sharma Family Practice · Raleigh, NC	34	178
NPI 1437144722	32	72
Richard Fleming Internal Medicine · Whiteville, NC	30	244
Max Faykus Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	30	79

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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