What is Fred Kerns's specialty?

Fred Kerns (NPI 1942398235) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in Charleston, WV.

Where does Fred Kerns practice?

Fred Kerns practices in Charleston, WV, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1942398235.

How much does Medicare pay Fred Kerns?

Fred Kerns (NPI 1942398235) received approximately $22K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 108 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1942398235

Fred KernsM.D.

Infectious DiseaseCharleston, WVI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

175

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

261

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$22K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 34 Infectious Disease providers in WV — below median (cohort median 372).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$816

Distinct drugs

Brand share

100.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Ceftriaxone Sodium23 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.9

Quality

69.7

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.67%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Fred Kerns'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). 95 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority Ambulance Service Provider · Charleston, WV	133	498
Jennifer Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	103	304
John Willis Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	97	268
James Mccain Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	89	256
Timothy Vanhoose Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	89	186
Christopher Schlarb Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	83	217
John Mega Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	74	191
Srinivasan Narasimhan Cardiology · Charleston, WV	52	126
NAMAY, DAVID	50	103
Abdul Zanabli Undefined Physician type · S Charleston, WV	45	262
Sandra Elliott Infectious Disease · Charleston, WV	43	85
Asif Rahman Nephrology · Charleston, WV	38	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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ProviderScore

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