PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1962599936

George BallantyneMD

PRACTICEGEORGIA BONE & JOINT, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryNewnan, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

906

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

7,159

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$64K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 640 Orthopedic Surgery providers in GA — top quintile (cohort median 2,020).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

600

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

14.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Meloxicam340 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen38 claims

Methylprednisolone33 claims

Amoxicillin29 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen29 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

91.6

Quality

83.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.70%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$33

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$33

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where George Ballantyne'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). 25 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PIEDMONT NEWNAN HOSPITAL, INC.	180	669
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	35	74
Brannan Hatfield Diagnostic Radiology · Newnan, GA	34	129
David Bodne Diagnostic Radiology · Brooks, GA	28	78
George Stone Diagnostic Radiology · Newnan, GA	25	69
MCNAIR, JOHN	21	107
Emily Natarella Anesthesiology · Asheville, NC	19	57
David Laguardia Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Newnan, GA	18	62
Christopher Mcwilliams Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Newnan, GA	15	45
Sriharsha Tanguturi Anesthesiology · Snellville, GA	15	65
Stanley Smith Internal Medicine · Newnan, GA	15	96
Vijay Patel Critical Care (Intensivists) · Newnan, GA	14	80

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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