What is Kim Stearns's specialty?

Kim Stearns (NPI 1992764203) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Cleveland, OH.

Where does Kim Stearns practice?

Kim Stearns practices in Cleveland, OH, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1992764203.

How much does Medicare pay Kim Stearns?

Kim Stearns (NPI 1992764203) received approximately $223K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 675 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1992764203

Kim StearnsM.D.

Orthopedic SurgeryCleveland, OHI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,360

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,586

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$200K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 853 Orthopedic Surgery providers in OH — above median (cohort median 1,114).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,621

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$394K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

1.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Meloxicam428 claims

Piroxicam416 claims

Calcipotriene387 claims

Amoxicillin86 claims

Tizanidine Hcl53 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$11K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$5K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$5K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$2K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kim Stearns'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	173	862
MAZKALNINS, NORMAN	32	93
FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL	26	118
Alexandra Lucak Physician Assistant · Lorain, OH	22	44
Ronald Golovan Internal Medicine · Cleveland, OH	19	65
Janine Martyn Diagnostic Radiology · Cleveland, OH	19	45
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION CLEVELAND CLINIC HOME CARE	19	30
Larry Lay Anesthesiology · Louisville, KY	16	41
Yulia Maly Anesthesiology · Cleveland, OH	16	43
LAKEWOOD HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	14	49
Jean Schils Diagnostic Radiology · Cleveland, OH	14	31
SOUTHWEST GENERAL HEALTH CENTER	14	51

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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