PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1942232822

Ernest RuseMD

PRACTICECULLMAN INTERNAL MEDICINE, PCSee all providers at this practice →

Sports MedicineCullman, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

943

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,835

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$103K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 32 Sports Medicine providers in AL — below median (cohort median 2,832).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

546

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone153 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen140 claims

Tramadol Hcl69 claims

Meloxicam55 claims

Diclofenac Sodium42 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$18

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$18

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ernest Ruse'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	111	336
CULLMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	111	407
Heritage Diagnostic Center, Llc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Cullman, AL	43	97
Gordon Warner Pulmonary Disease · Cullman, AL	36	142
Naykala Ruse Internal Medicine · Cullman, AL	25	156
Jeremy Stidham Internal Medicine · Cullman, AL	22	150
NPI 1124092143	20	77
Celia Fernandez Rheumatology · Cullman, AL	19	59
Lisa Ellard Nurse Practitioner · Cullman, AL	17	66
William Hall Internal Medicine · Jasper, AL	14	99
Andrea Mangum Nurse Practitioner · Cullman, AL	12	36
William Holcomb Ophthalmology · Cullman, AL	12	23

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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