PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1922008747

Michelle PalazzoM.D.

PRACTICEKLEINERT KUTZ AND ASSOCIATES HAND CARE CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryLouisville, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,257

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,878

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$86K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 36 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery providers in KY — top quintile (cohort median 201).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

210

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

61.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen128 claims

Cephalexin44 claims

Promethazine Hcl23 claims

Diazepam15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

79.0

Quality

56.1

Cost

73.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.17%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$877

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$877

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$877

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michelle Palazzo'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
JEWISH HOSPITAL & ST. MARY'S HEALTHCARE, INC.	65	243
BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC.	56	177
BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.	31	174
Jeffrey Yunkun Anesthesiology · Louisville, KY	16	50
Vasudeva Iyer Neurology · Louisville, KY	14	24
BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.	12	37
Duane Banet Dermatology · New Albany, IN	11	37
BAPTIST EASTPOINT SURGERY CENTER, LLC	11	24
KAUFFMANN, CHRISTOPHER	11	25

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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