PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1922012699

Sheldon BlackM.D.

OtolaryngologyBirmingham, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,497

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,878

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$139K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 141 Otolaryngology providers in AL — top quintile (cohort median 1,570).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,237

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$241K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Ipratropium Bromide197 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen137 claims

Fluticasone Propionate125 claims

Cephalexin113 claims

Azelastine Hcl79 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.2

Quality

90.1

Cost

77.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.64%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$623

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$623

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sheldon Black'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). 23 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	72	140
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	50	131
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	46	230
CULLMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	40	79
Allen Oser Diagnostic Radiology · Hoover, AL	27	53
Jon Holmes Maxillofacial Surgery · Birmingham, AL	21	124
St. Vincent's P.E.T. Center, Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Birmingham, AL	21	46
Shane Wear Diagnostic Radiology · Hoover, AL	21	53
MARTIN, TERRY	20	42
BAKER, MARK	19	39
Adam Summerlin Diagnostic Radiology · Jackson, TN	19	49
Joseph Chaudry Diagnostic Radiology · Jackson, MS	18	38

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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