PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1992797716

Melanie HamesDO

PRACTICEBIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.See all providers at this practice →

NephrologyGreenville, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

253

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$62K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 295 Nephrology providers in NC — below median (cohort median 1,277).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

198

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$10K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate45 claims

Parenteral Amino Acid 15% No.522 claims

Sevelamer Carbonate22 claims

Carvedilol21 claims

Calcitriol19 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

97.0

Quality

82.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.92%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$18

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$18

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melanie Hames'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). 42 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	287	1,660
Pankaj Jawa Nephrology · Cary, NC	84	346
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.	66	662
Hsiao Lai Nephrology · Greenville, NC	60	188
Douglas Shusterman Diagnostic Radiology · Greenville, NC	48	102
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	47	227
Anthony Thaxton Diagnostic Radiology · Greenville, NC	43	92
Assadollah Movahed Cardiology · Greenville, NC	38	96
Mariavittoria Pitzalis Cardiology · Greenville, NC	38	101
Mary Barchman Internal Medicine · Greenville, NC	36	92
Umberto Fontana Cardiology · Hendersonville, NC	35	95
CLARK, TIMOTHY	34	65

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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