PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972705978

Heather WheatMD

PRACTICENEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATES OF WESTERN NEW YORK, LLPSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyAmherst, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

556

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,217

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$79K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 690 Nephrology providers in NY — above median (cohort median 875).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,629

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$590K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Calcitriol425 claims

Amlodipine Besylate168 claims

Torsemide160 claims

Allopurinol133 claims

Doxazosin Mesylate130 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$188

Payment records

By payment type

Education$115

Food and Beverage$73

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Heather Wheat'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). 35 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
KALEIDA HEALTH	101	499
Gail Stokoe Diagnostic Radiology · Williamsville, NY	35	185
Kristin Matteson Nephrology · Amherst, NY	33	148
Michael Banas Nuclear Medicine · Buffalo, NY	26	69
KURITZKY, ALAN	25	107
Mekdess Abebe Internal Medicine · Roswell, NM	25	177
KALEIDA HEALTH	24	80
Nikhil Patel Interventional Radiology · Murrieta, CA	23	198
Lasalle Ambulance Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Buffalo, NY	22	81
SHENOY, SADASHIV	22	135
NPI 1417922154	22	91
Maria Delcastillo Nephrology · Amherst, NY	22	124

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

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