Treatment Tracker
The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B
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FRANCIS WALKER MD
WINSTON SALEM, NC, 27157
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $275 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 11 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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How This Provider’s Patients Compare
Doctors often say their patients are sicker or more complex than those of their peers. The measure displayed below, used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, takes into account patients’ characteristics to estimate whether they are expected to have above-average Medicare spending. It considers patients’ age, sex, diagnoses from the past year and other factors. This provider’s score below takes into account all of his Part B patients.
This Provider's Services
This provider performed 34 different services in 2015
(24 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)
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CATEGORYDescription of Service |
Times Performed (or Units) | This Service's Rank | Patients | Unique Visits Per Patient |
Billed to Medicare | Payments from Medicare |
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MEDICINENeedle measurement and recording of electrical activity o... + Needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles for guidance with injection of chemical for destruction of muscles × Service Code: 95874Performed in a facility |
167 times performed, 22% of his services |
1st 79th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
61 patients got this service, 27% of his patients |
2.7 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.2) |
$9,352.00an average of $56.00 per time performed |
$2,521.70 an average of $15.10 per time performed |
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Injection of chemical for destruction of nerve muscles on... + Injection of chemical for destruction of nerve muscles on one side of neck excluding voice box accessed through the skin × Service Code: 64616Performed in a facility |
142 times performed, 19% of his services |
2nd 81st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
51 patients got this service, 22% of his patients |
2.8 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.3) |
$54,046.62an average of $380.61 per time performed |
$13,940.14 an average of $98.17 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjection of chemical for destruction of nerve muscles on... + Injection of chemical for destruction of nerve muscles on one side of face × Service Code: 64612Performed in a facility |
88 times performed, 12% of his services |
3rd
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in NC perform this service |
34 patients got this service, 15% of his patients |
2.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$43,373.44an average of $492.88 per time performed |
$8,763.04 an average of $99.58 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYService Code: 76882Performed in a facility |
50 times performed, 7% of his services |
4th 107th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
41 patients got this service, 18% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$2,950.00an average of $59.00 per time performed |
$952.00 an average of $19.04 per time performed |
MEDICINENeedle measurement and recording of electrical activity o... + Needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles of arm or leg complete study × Service Code: 95886Performed in a facility |
40 times performed, 5% of his services |
5th 56th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
35 patients got this service, 15% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$5,520.00an average of $138.00 per time performed |
$1,385.20 an average of $34.63 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes × Service Code: 99214Performed in a facility |
39 times performed, 5% of his services |
6th 12th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
34 patients got this service, 15% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$7,106.58an average of $182.22 per time performed |
$1,943.76 an average of $49.84 per time performed |
MEDICINENeedle measurement and recording of electrical activity o... + Needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles of arm or leg limited study × Service Code: 95885Performed in a facility |
38 times performed, 5% of his services |
7th 65th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
32 patients got this service, 14% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$1,976.00an average of $52.00 per time performed |
$550.62 an average of $14.49 per time performed |
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Nerve transmission studies, 3-4 studies Service Code: 95908Performed in a facility |
34 times performed, 5% of his services |
8th 118th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
34 patients got this service, 15% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$4,658.00an average of $137.00 per time performed |
$1,659.88 an average of $48.82 per time performed |
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Nerve transmission studies, 5-6 studies Service Code: 95909Performed in a facility |
27 times performed, 4% of his services |
9th 96th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
27 patients got this service, 12% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$4,401.00an average of $163.00 per time performed |
$1,681.02 an average of $62.26 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes × Service Code: 99213Performed in a facility |
27 times performed, 4% of his services |
10th 25th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
25 patients got this service, 11% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$3,160.89an average of $117.07 per time performed |
$953.10 an average of $35.30 per time performed |
Notes: Medicare redacted this data for any services provided to fewer than 11 patients. The contact information listed above is the most current we have for this provider. The services listed on this page may have been delivered at a previous address or as part of a different practice.
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Sources: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, American Medical Association
Services that begin with a letter come from CMS. All other codes and descriptions of the medical procedures are from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Where practical, AMA’s consumer friendly translation of the CPT descriptor was used. ProPublica has received permission from the AMA to use these codes on this site.