What is Paul Schmidt's specialty?

Paul Schmidt (NPI 1972765808) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in Kansas City, KS.

Where does Paul Schmidt practice?

Paul Schmidt practices in Kansas City, KS, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972765808.

How much does Medicare pay Paul Schmidt?

Paul Schmidt (NPI 1972765808) received approximately $45K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 296 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972765808

Paul SchmidtMD

RheumatologyKansas City, KSI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

635

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

789

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$42K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 36 Rheumatology providers in KS — below median (cohort median 4,684).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,162

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate321 claims

Prednisone270 claims

Methotrexate Sodium216 claims

Mycophenolate Mofetil101 claims

Allopurinol88 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.9

Quality

77.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.75%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Paul Schmidt'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). 12 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Lowell Tilzer Pathology · Kansas City, KS	41	109
Gary Hinson Diagnostic Radiology · Kansas City, KS	32	87
Brian Everist Diagnostic Radiology · Kansas City, KS	31	54
Pauline Sleder Diagnostic Radiology · Kansas City, KS	21	58
Stanton Rosenthal Diagnostic Radiology · Kansas City, KS	18	23
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	15	34
COX, GLENDON	15	44
John Vadaparampil Diagnostic Radiology · Leawood, KS	14	20
Mark Cunningham Pathology · Kansas City, KS	14	30
Loren Berenbom Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Kansas City, KS	14	47
Randall Genton Internal Medicine · Kansas City, KS	13	31
Micholee Polsak Internal Medicine · Kansas City, KS	12	35

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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