PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972603371

Stephen HightowerM.D.

UrologyLong Beach, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

7,104

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

42,994

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.7M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 942 Urology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,637).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,344

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$287K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Tamsulosin Hcl898 claims

Finasteride708 claims

Alfuzosin Hcl194 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim138 claims

Solifenacin Succinate129 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$486

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$486

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Hightower'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). 20 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	86	245
Reagan Street Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Los Alamitos, CA	36	85
Randy Fanous Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	31	65
Ankit Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	31	68
Bret Witter Cardiology · Los Alamitos, CA	26	120
Timothy O'neill Cardiology · Los Alamitos, CA	22	67
BROWN, KENNETH	21	43
Vincent Polek Diagnostic Radiology · Los Alamitos, CA	21	40
Stuart Fischer Cardiology · Los Alamitos, CA	19	57
RICHIE, DOUGLAS	19	39
Bradley Hatfield Diagnostic Radiology · Mission Hills, CA	17	27
Sidney Newman Dermatology · Los Alamitos, CA	15	24

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

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history