PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1982640009

Richard HughesMD

Pulmonary DiseaseOak Ridge, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,260

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,817

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$115K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 254 Pulmonary Disease providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 889).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,336

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

83.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter616 claims

Albuterol Sulfate591 claims

Montelukast Sodium293 claims

Fluticasone/Vilanterol286 claims

Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol286 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

24.4

Quality

0.0

Cost

81.3

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.07%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Hughes'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). 25 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Thomas Lemond Diagnostic Radiology · Oak Ridge, TN	59	143
MCLAUGHLIN, VICTOR	42	105
Robert Rausch Diagnostic Radiology · Florence, AL	40	86
METRO KNOXVILLE HMA LLC	33	76
PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER	30	66
LAWSON, MAX	26	67
Mukesh Sharma Cardiology · Knoxville, TN	26	83
Brandy Reynolds Nurse Practitioner · Oak Ridge, TN	25	53
GURECKI, PAUL	23	45
James Eppert Emergency Medicine · Oak Ridge, TN	22	36
Rakesh Vohra Cardiology · Oak Ridge, TN	22	56
Ka Fung Hospitalist · Easley, SC	19	80

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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OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history