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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history