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

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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