Stephane Rinfret

  • Murphy, NC
  • Interventional cardiologist
NPI1679168470PAC ID1658787692
Medicare services, 2024
805
Medicare patients, 2024
436
Part D claims, 2024
155
Publications
63
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
3990 East US Highway 64 Alt, Murphy, NC 28906
Practice phone
Call (828) 837-8161
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Primary practice

Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital

Hospital · Murphy, North Carolina

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Stephane Rinfret is an interventional cardiologist in Murphy, North Carolina

Stephane Rinfret practices at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, North Carolina, part of Erlanger Health.

Stephane Rinfret's NPI, 1679168470, was assigned on March 3, 2021. Stephane Rinfret holds Georgia license 87689.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1658787692
NPI enumeration date
March 3, 2021
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(828) 837-8161
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
60
Medical school graduation
1992

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Stephane Rinfret practices at 2 locations in Murphy, North Carolina

Stephane Rinfret's primary practice is Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital, at 3990 East US Highway 64 Alt, Murphy, NC 28906 in Cherokee County. The practice phone is (828) 837-8161. Stephane Rinfret also practices at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital, 4066 W Us-64, Murphy, NC 28906.

  • Erlanger Western Carolina HospitalPrimary
    3990 East US Highway 64 Alt, Murphy, NC 28906 · Cherokee CountyPhone(828) 837-8161
  • Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital
    4066 W Us-64, Murphy, NC 28906 · Cherokee CountyPhone(828) 835-7502

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Practice Data

Stephane Rinfret is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Stephane Rinfret's primary practice is Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, North Carolina, part of Erlanger Health. Stephane Rinfret is also affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville. The medical group on file is Georgia Heart Institute. Dmand AI also links Stephane Rinfret to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Stephane Rinfret's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Erlanger Western Carolina HospitalAvailable with a free account
+7 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Stephane Rinfret is one of 178 interventional cardiologists in North Carolina

Interventional cardiology is Stephane Rinfret's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Stephane Rinfret is licensed in Georgia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Interventional cardiology, GeorgiaPrimaryLicense 87689 · taxonomy 207RI0011X

Interventional cardiologists near Stephane Rinfret

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Stephane Rinfret billed Medicare for 805 services in 2024

CMS data shows 805 Medicare services from Stephane Rinfret across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 436 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $67,670 for them.

Medicare services, 2024805
Medicare patients436
Paid by Medicare$67,670
Procedure codes19

Stephane Rinfret's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 2542024: 655158%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 622024: 130110%
Surgery
2023: 02024: 20

Where Stephane Rinfret's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office26132%
  • In a facility54468%

Stephane Rinfret compared with the North Carolina median for interventional cardiologists, 2024

  • Stephane Rinfret
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
805vs 1,30738% below
Medicare patients
436vs 57825% below
Part D claims
74vs 1,75896% below

Medians across 175 interventional cardiologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Stephane Rinfret's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Stephane Rinfret treated 436 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 436 Medicare patients who saw Stephane Rinfret in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 176 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.61, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Stephane Rinfret's median patient age at 73, with 44% women.

Medicare patients, 2024436
Average age75
Average risk score1.61
Also on Medicaid13%

Stephane Rinfret's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Stephane Rinfret's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women18743%
  • Men24957%

Chronic conditions among Stephane Rinfret's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Ischemic heart disease66%
  4. Atrial fibrillation48%
  5. Arthritis47%
  6. Heart failure46%
  7. Chronic kidney disease44%
  8. Diabetes39%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Stephane Rinfret's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women44%
  • Men56%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Stephane Rinfret wrote 155 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Stephane Rinfret wrote 155 Medicare Part D claims for 51 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 74 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $11,116 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 105 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024155
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$11,116
Part D patients51

Stephane Rinfret's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic134 claims86%
  • Brand-name21 claims14%

Stephane Rinfret's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1052024: 7430%

Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 5 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Stephane Rinfret scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Stephane Rinfret for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Stephane Rinfret accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 113 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Stephane Rinfret, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Stephane Rinfret's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 95of 100Final score
  • 80.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Stephane Rinfret ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Coronary angioplasty and stenting
97th percentile113 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Stephane Rinfret has 63 publications on record

Dmand AI links 63 papers to Stephane Rinfret, published from 2011 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 15. The most frequent topics are Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Coronary Occlusion and Coronary Angiography. Stephane Rinfret has published most often in Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. Stephane Rinfret's most frequent co-authors are Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, William J. Nicholson, MD and Wissam A. Jaber, MD.

Papers63
Years published2011 to 2025

Stephane Rinfret's papers by year, 2014 to 2025

Topics Stephane Rinfret writes about most

  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • Coronary Occlusion
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Stroke Volume
  • Hospital Mortality
  • ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Stephane Rinfret's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Stephane Rinfret

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Stephane Rinfret has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Stephane Rinfret to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Constriction, Pathologic and Coronary Artery Disease.

Conditions in Stephane Rinfret's trials

  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Coronary Artery Disease

Investigators on the most trials with Stephane Rinfret

Recent clinical trials with Stephane Rinfret

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Stephane Rinfret received $71,713 in industry payments from 2021 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 251 general payments to Stephane Rinfret from 22 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 35% of the total. Teleflex LLC paid the most, $16,931.

General payments to Stephane Rinfret by program year, 2021 to 2025

General payments to Stephane Rinfret by kind, 2021 to 2025

$71.7Kin total
  • Consulting fees$24,75035%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$16,51823%
  • Food and beverage$14,77121%
  • Travel and lodging$7,87411%
  • Honoraria$7,80011%

Companies that paid Stephane Rinfret the most, 2021 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Stephane Rinfret's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Stephane Rinfret's NPI number?

Stephane Rinfret's NPI number is 1679168470. It was assigned on March 3, 2021, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Stephane Rinfret specialize in?

Stephane Rinfret is an interventional cardiologist in Murphy, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Interventional Cardiology Physician (taxonomy code 207RI0011X).

Where does Stephane Rinfret practice?

Stephane Rinfret practices at 3990 East US Highway 64 Alt, Murphy, NC 28906. Stephane Rinfret also practices at 4066 W Us-64, Murphy, NC 28906. Stephane Rinfret's primary practice is Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, North Carolina, part of Erlanger Health. Dmand AI also links Stephane Rinfret to 4 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Stephane Rinfret's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Stephane Rinfret is (828) 837-8161.

What is Stephane Rinfret's medical license number?

Stephane Rinfret holds Georgia license 87689.

Which hospitals is Stephane Rinfret affiliated with?

Stephane Rinfret practices at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, North Carolina. Stephane Rinfret is also affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville. Dmand AI links Stephane Rinfret to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Stephane Rinfret part of?

Stephane Rinfret is linked to Georgia Heart Institute. Dmand AI links Stephane Rinfret to 1 more medical group.

Does Stephane Rinfret accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Stephane Rinfret billed Medicare for 805 services in 2024, and Stephane Rinfret accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Stephane Rinfret's MIPS score?

Stephane Rinfret's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Stephane Rinfret see?

CMS counts 436 Medicare patients who saw Stephane Rinfret in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Stephane Rinfret bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Stephane Rinfret's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93000), heart test or procedure (93010) and special service (99152).

What drugs does Stephane Rinfret prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Stephane Rinfret's most prescribed drugs by claims were Clopidogrel, Brilinta and Prasugrel HCl.

Has Stephane Rinfret received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $71,713 in general payments to Stephane Rinfret from 22 companies from 2021 to 2025. The largest total came from Teleflex LLC.

How long has Stephane Rinfret been practicing?

Stephane Rinfret graduated from medical school in 1992, 34 years ago.

Does Stephane Rinfret do research?

Dmand AI links 63 publications to Stephane Rinfret, published from 2011 to 2025. Stephane Rinfret has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Stephane Rinfret publish with?

Stephane Rinfret's most frequent co-authors are Khaldoon Alaswad, MD (44 shared papers), William J. Nicholson, MD (36 shared papers) and Wissam A. Jaber, MD (34 shared papers).

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