PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1932170586

Michael AchingerMD

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NephrologyLakeland, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,946

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,969

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$263K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 590 Nephrology providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 1,894).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,683

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$327K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

13.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Famotidine493 claims

Carvedilol378 claims

Indapamide322 claims

Amlodipine Besylate257 claims

Furosemide210 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.2

Quality

70.7

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.51%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$182

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$182

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Achinger'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). 87 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	372	1,635
Howard Gorell Diagnostic Radiology · Lakeland, FL	113	319
Jason Maloney Diagnostic Radiology · Lakeland, FL	94	217
Edward Garcia Pathology · Lakeland, FL	87	148
Steven Achinger Nephrology · Lakeland, FL	87	423
CHAMBERS, EVAN	82	237
Rajendra Sawh Internal Medicine · Lakeland, FL	82	171
David Lowry Diagnostic Radiology · Lakeland, FL	80	218
Ali Shariati Diagnostic Radiology · Lakeland, FL	74	266
Ravi Srivastava Cardiology · Williamsburg, VA	73	175
John Gerald Canto Cardiology · Lakeland, FL	57	212
O' ROURKE, SEAN	56	219

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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