PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1922117803

Christopher LechnerM.D.

PRACTICECAROLINA HAND AND SPORTS MEDICINE, P.A.See all providers at this practice →

Hand SurgeryAsheville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,640

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,057

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$227K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 44 Hand Surgery providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 1,287).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

173

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

85.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen88 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen59 claims

Methylprednisolone26 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.4

Quality

77.7

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.65%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Lechner'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
Orthopaedic Surgery Center Of Asheville, Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Asheville, NC	137	262
Pathologists Medical Laboratory, P.A. Clinical Laboratory · Asheville, NC	33	56
MCGHEE, TERENCE	32	56
Jeff Chapman Occupational Therapist in Private Practice · Franklin, TN	29	175
FLETCHER HOSPITAL INC.	28	108
SOUTHECORVO, ROBIN	27	185
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	20	44
Peiweng Chen Diagnostic Radiology · Asheville, NC	17	34
HENDERSON COUNTY HOSPITAL CORPORATION	16	50

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history