PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1922075084

Karen RingwaldMD

PRACTICELUTHERAN MEDICAL GROUP LLCSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyFort Wayne, INI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

680

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

130,565

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.0M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 82 Rheumatology providers in IN — top quintile (cohort median 1,092).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,104

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate719 claims

Prednisone678 claims

Methotrexate Sodium633 claims

Leflunomide262 claims

Adalimumab135 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.0

Quality

77.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.67%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$583

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$583

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Karen Ringwald'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
PARKVIEW HOSPITAL, INC.	87	425
IOM HEALTH SYSTEM LP	68	217
WARSAW HEALTH SYSTEM LLC	20	246
Dakshesh Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Wayne, IN	17	42
HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.	16	99
ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	16	74
WHITLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.	12	94
PARKVIEW WABASH HOSPITAL, INC.	12	109
BLUFFTON HEALTH SYSTEM LLC	11	52

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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