What is Melanie Hames's specialty?

Melanie Hames (NPI 1992797716) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Greenville, NC.

Where does Melanie Hames practice?

Melanie Hames practices in Greenville, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1992797716.

How much does Medicare pay Melanie Hames?

Melanie Hames (NPI 1992797716) received approximately $68K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 99 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

Top paying entities

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.

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