Dr. Kristin W. Hedge, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,491
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 472
- Part D claims, 2024
- 409
- MIPS score, 2024
- 73
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 738 Newman Rd, New Bern, NC 28562
- Practice phone
- Call (252) 634-2676
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Carolinaeast Physicians
New Bern, North Carolina
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Dr. Kristin W. Hedge is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in New Bern, North Carolina
Dr. Hedge practices at Carolinaeast Physicians in New Bern, North Carolina.
Dr. Hedge's NPI, 1366537847, was assigned on October 3, 2006. Dr. Hedge graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Hedge holds North Carolina license 2010-00951.
- NPI
- 1366537847NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0941325740
- NPI enumeration date
- October 3, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (252) 634-2676
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 52
- Medical school graduation
- 2000
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Kristin W. Hedge practices at Carolinaeast Physicians in New Bern, North Carolina
Dr. Hedge's primary practice is Carolinaeast Physicians, at 738 Newman Rd, New Bern, NC 28562 in Craven County. The practice phone is (252) 634-2676.
- Carolinaeast Physicians738 Newman Rd, New Bern, NC 28562 · Craven CountyPhone(252) 634-2676
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Kristin W. Hedge is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Hedge's primary practice is Carolinaeast Physicians in New Bern, North Carolina. Dr. Hedge is also affiliated with CarolinaEast Medical Center. The medical group on file is CarolinaEast Heart Center, New Bern. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hedge to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kristin W. Hedge's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hedge practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Carolinaeast Physicians | Available with a free account |
| +3 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Kristin W. Hedge is one of 70 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in North Carolina
Hand surgery is Dr. Hedge's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XS0106X. Dr. Hedge is licensed in North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic hand surgery, North CarolinaPrimary
Orthopaedic hand surgery physicians near Dr. Hedge
Counts of orthopaedic hand surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Kristin W. Hedge billed Medicare for 2,491 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,491 Medicare services from Dr. Hedge across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 472 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $140,131 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Hedge's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 3,2712024: 76277%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 5522024: 69626%
- Surgery
- 2023: 6382024: 54415%
- Imaging
- 2023: 4182024: 48917%
Dr. Hedge compared with the North Carolina median for orthopaedic hand surgery physicians, 2024
- Dr. Hedge
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 2,491vs 1,1282.2 times
- Medicare patients
- 472vs 29858% above
- Part D claims
- 326vs 1013.2 times
Medians across 71 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Hedge'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
Dr. Kristin W. Hedge treated 472 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 472 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hedge in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 244 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hedge's median patient age at 73, with 64% women.
Dr. Hedge's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Hedge's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women28560%
- Men18740%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Hedge's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure74%
- Diabetes28%
- Ischemic heart disease25%
- Mood disorders22%
- Osteoporosis22%
- Anxiety20%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Hedge's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women64%
- Men36%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Kristin W. Hedge wrote 409 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Hedge wrote 409 Medicare Part D claims for 209 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 326 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,474 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 174 claims across 5 drugs.
Dr. Hedge's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic405 claims99%
- Brand-name and other4 claims1%
Dr. Hedge'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.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Hedge's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids40%162 of 409 claims
- Antibiotics8%32 of 409 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1742024: 32687%
Drugs named by CMS: 9 in 2024, 5 in 2023.
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
Dr. Kristin W. Hedge scored 73 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 73 out of 100 for Dr. Hedge for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Hedge accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Hedge's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 73of 100Final score
- 57.4of 100Quality
- 68of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 78of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 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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Dr. Kristin W. Hedge received $18,418 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023
CMS Open Payments shows 69 general payments to Dr. Hedge from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 51% of the total. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. paid the most, $12,085.
General payments to Dr. Hedge by program year, 2016 to 2023
General payments to Dr. Hedge by kind, 2016 to 2023
- Consulting fees$9,36051%
- Travel and lodging$4,03122%
- Education$3,12417%
- Food and beverage$1,90310%
Companies that paid Dr. Hedge the most, 2016 to 2023
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Kristin W. Hedge graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Dr. Hedge graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 2000.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Kristin W. Hedge's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Kristin W. Hedge's NPI number?
Dr. Kristin W. Hedge's NPI number is 1366537847. It was assigned on October 3, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Kristin W. Hedge?
Dr. Kristin W. Hedge is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in New Bern, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207XS0106X).
Where does Dr. Kristin W. Hedge practice?
Dr. Hedge practices at 738 Newman Rd, New Bern, NC 28562. Dr. Hedge's primary practice is Carolinaeast Physicians in New Bern, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hedge to 1 hospital and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Kristin W. Hedge's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Hedge is (252) 634-2676.
What is Dr. Kristin W. Hedge's medical license number?
Dr. Hedge holds North Carolina license 2010-00951.
Which hospitals is Dr. Kristin W. Hedge affiliated with?
Dr. Hedge is affiliated with CarolinaEast Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Hedge to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Kristin W. Hedge part of?
Dr. Hedge is linked to CarolinaEast Heart Center, New Bern.
Does Dr. Kristin W. Hedge accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hedge billed Medicare for 2,491 services in 2024, and Dr. Hedge accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Kristin W. Hedge's MIPS score?
Dr. Hedge's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 73 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kristin W. Hedge see?
CMS counts 472 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hedge in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Dr. Kristin W. Hedge bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Hedge's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0702), office visit, established patient (99213) and diagnostic imaging (73130).
Where did Dr. Kristin W. Hedge go to medical school?
Dr. Hedge graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 2000.
What drugs does Dr. Kristin W. Hedge prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hedge's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Acetaminophen-Codeine.
Has Dr. Kristin W. Hedge received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $18,418 in general payments to Dr. Hedge from 16 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.
How long has Dr. Kristin W. Hedge been practicing?
Dr. Hedge graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.
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