What is Barbara Walker's specialty?

Barbara Walker (NPI 1982607396) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Lake Charles, LA.

Where does Barbara Walker practice?

Barbara Walker practices in Lake Charles, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1982607396.

How much does Medicare pay Barbara Walker?

Barbara Walker (NPI 1982607396) received approximately $39K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 183 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982607396

Barbara WalkerNP

Nurse PractitionerLake Charles, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

428

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

898

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$36K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,413 Nurse Practitioner providers in LA — top quintile (cohort median 230).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,108

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$407K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium261 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium208 claims

Losartan Potassium136 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium132 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium125 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$809

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$809

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$809

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Barbara Walker'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). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Ronald Lewis Internal Medicine · Lake Charles, LA	170	595
Richard Martinez Diagnostic Radiology · Lake Charles, LA	28	51
MILLER, GEORGE	23	50
WALKER, MICHAEL	22	51
The Pathology Laboratory, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Lake Charles, LA	22	69
Jason Braud Diagnostic Radiology · Lake Charles, LA	18	37
Charles Brdlik Diagnostic Radiology · Lake Charles, LA	17	29
Adam Olsan Diagnostic Radiology · Lake Charles, LA	13	22
Jean White Interventional Cardiology · Lake Charles, LA	12	22
Matthew Lafleur Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Collins, CO	12	20

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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