PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1942201470

Frank FichtelMD

PRACTICEFRANK M. FICHTEL, M,D., P.A.See all providers at this practice →

NeurosurgerySan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

463

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

618

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$95K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 406 Neurosurgery providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 373).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

143

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

28.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Tizanidine Hcl52 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen41 claims

Methylprednisolone27 claims

Gabapentin23 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

21.6

Quality

0.0

Cost

71.9

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.41%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$129

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$129

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Frank Fichtel'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
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	83	205
ALLRED-CROUCH, ANDREA	21	47
John Gurian Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	13	19
James Dix Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	13	21
CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA HEALTH CARE CORPORATION	12	27
City Of San Antonio Texas Ambulance Service Provider · San Antonio, TX	12	19
SULLIVAN, WILLIAM	11	17
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	11	23
James Cox Anesthesiology · San Antonio, TX	11	21

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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