What is Craig Kuhns's specialty?

Craig Kuhns (NPI 1922038108) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Austin, TX.

Where does Craig Kuhns practice?

Craig Kuhns practices in Austin, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1922038108.

How much does Medicare pay Craig Kuhns?

Craig Kuhns (NPI 1922038108) received approximately $380K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 332 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1922038108

Craig KuhnsMD

Orthopedic SurgeryAustin, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

915

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,103

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$304K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,568 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TX — below median (cohort median 1,443).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

111

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

83.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen57 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen36 claims

Oxycodone Hcl18 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

62.9

Quality

67.5

Cost

92.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-1.45%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$624K

Payment records

103

By payment type

Royalty or License$574K

Consulting Fee$40K

Travel and Lodging$6K

Food and Beverage$4K

Top paying entities

Royalty or License$574K

Consulting Fee$40K

Travel and Lodging$6K

Food and Beverage$4K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Craig Kuhns'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). 26 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Stilianos Efstratiadis Cardiology · Rolla, MO	104	231
Willett Pang Diagnostic Radiology · Springfield, IL	82	102
Thomas Cliatt Emergency Medicine · Pittsfield, IL	74	103
Quincy Physicians & Surgeons Clinic, Pllc Clinical Laboratory · Quincy, IL	70	177
Aaron Konrad Diagnostic Radiology · Springfield, IL	61	74
Wissam Derian Cardiology · Quincy, IL	58	105
Antony Wollaston Emergency Medicine · Quincy, IL	53	59
John Schlepphorst Diagnostic Radiology · Hannibal, MO	45	69
BRUNEY, RUSSELL	40	51
Steven Krause Interventional Cardiology · Quincy, IL	37	60
NPI 1396718797	34	55
Louis Kim Internal Medicine · Quincy, IL	31	44

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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