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 · 2024

Total received

$157

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$157

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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