What is Ralph Stafford's specialty?

Ralph Stafford (NPI 1972596013) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Chattanooga, TN.

Where does Ralph Stafford practice?

Ralph Stafford practices in Chattanooga, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972596013.

How much does Medicare pay Ralph Stafford?

Ralph Stafford (NPI 1972596013) received approximately $337K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 691 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972596013

Ralph StaffordMD

Internal MedicineChattanooga, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,955

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

10,800

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$333K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,907 Internal Medicine providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 791).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

686

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$35K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

3.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Furosemide126 claims

Carvedilol87 claims

Amlodipine Besylate71 claims

Hydralazine Hcl58 claims

Prednisone43 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.7

Quality

81.3

Cost

73.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.83%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$272

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$272

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$272

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ralph Stafford'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). 108 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC.	184	627
FRANKLIN, DONALD	142	1,242
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	141	1,878
Brant Holt Nephrology · Chattanooga, TN	127	585
Nathan Chamberlain Nephrology · Chattanooga, TN	101	362
Mandeep Grewal Nephrology · Chattanooga, TN	95	268
PARKRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	80	212
Rohit Gupta Nephrology · Chattanooga, TN	76	222
James Tumlin Nephrology · Lawrenceville, GA	74	191
County Of Hamilton Ambulance Service Provider · Chattanooga, TN	72	224
Nilesh Patel Nephrology · Chattanooga, TN	71	238
Steven Quarfordt Interventional Radiology · Chattanooga, TN	70	220

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.

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