Audrey Hand, MD
General Surgery · Rogers
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Mercy Health Northwest Arkansas Communities · 314 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: 047149 · Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
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Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogers, ARAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Mercy, which runs 45 hospitals in 5 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 79% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.189, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.262, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 3 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.189 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.262 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.19 (0.26 to 2.11) · 1,390 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.74 (0.45 to 1.04) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 161.98 (110.35 to 213.62) · 69 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 3.1 · 102 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 10.9 · 133 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.7 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.9 · 422 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15 · 447 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.1 · 280 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.2 · 4,004 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.19 (0 to 0.38) · 6,395 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.05 to 0.44) · 6,618 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.54 (0.56 to 4.51) · 1,615 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.5 (0.06 to 2.94) · 611 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.04 (0.61 to 3.47) · 1,520 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 6.78 (1.15 to 12.42) · 629 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 3.85 (0.44 to 7.27) · 584 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.18 (0.74 to 3.63) · 414 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.34 (0 to 1.02) · 4,755 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.619 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.263 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.682 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 12.4 · 299 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.1 · 639 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -20.5 · 202 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -20.1 · 457 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -9.6 · 452 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 648 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.7 · 144 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 17 · 259 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 15.5 (12.7 to 19.4) · 3,172 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.8 to 1.2) · 960 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (475 patients answered, 20% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 5 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 83% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 56% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 87% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 84% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 89% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$34,752
Medicare paid this office $34,752 for 177 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 57 | $6,744 | $118 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 31 | $4,863 | $85 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 48 | $4,358 | $89 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 39 | $3,505 | $57 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 13 | $837 | $56 |
See all 6 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 57 | $6,744 | $118 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 31 | $4,863 | $85 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 48 | $4,358 | $89 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 39 | $3,505 | $57 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 13 | $837 | $56 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 11 | $466 | $36 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Colonoscopy | 1-10 | None |
| Removal of tissue | 1-10 | None |
| Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux | 11 | More than 42% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
177 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 8% · 85 and older 22% · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 14% · Health risk score 1.85. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 42% · Diabetes 40% · Chronic kidney disease 40% · Depression 37% · Atrial fibrillation 36% · Heart failure 26% · COPD 25% · Cancer 23% · Dementia 20% · Stroke 15%.
The office billed $96,111, Medicare allowed $44,449 and paid $34,752; for 306 services of 36 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 177 | 306 | 75 | 1.85 | $96,111 | $34,752 |
| 2023 | 88 | 163 | 74 | 1.97 | $70,338 | $24,238 |
| 2022 | 25 | 47 | 72 | 2.72 | $42,874 | $7,127 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 22 | $3,409 | $87 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 29 | $2,764 | $95 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 14 | $1,784 | $127 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 13 | $1,162 | $58 |
Medicaid work
$3,908 in 2024
Medicaid paid $3,908 for 33 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 19 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 19 | $2,223 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 14 | $1,685 |
| 2024 | 33 | 2 | 19 | $3,908 |
| 2023 | 3,069 | 24 | 48 | $147,226 |
| 2022 | 1,255 | 19 | 53 | $64,240 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 317 | $40,186 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 268 | $31,254 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 260 | $30,843 |
| Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 131 | $30,036 |
| Infectious disease (viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific RNA, 4 targets (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2], influenza A, influenza B, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]), upper respiratory specimen, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected | 95 | $7,853 |
| CT ABDOMEN & PELVIS W/CONTRAST MATERIAL | 34 | $4,769 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug | 158 | $730 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 163 | $605 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 323 | $264 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 240 | $219 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 51 | $131 |
| Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe technique | 12 | $102 |
2022
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 136 | $15,772 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 133 | $15,502 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 93 | $13,424 |
| Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 37 | $9,868 |
| Infectious disease (viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific RNA, 4 targets (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2], influenza A, influenza B, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]), upper respiratory specimen, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected | 47 | $4,699 |
| Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 16 | $2,498 |
| Intravenous infusion, hydration; initial, 31 minutes to 1 hour | 16 | $2,037 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 99 | $110 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 119 | $109 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 72 | $54 |
| Troponin, quantitative | 49 | $44 |
| URINE PREGNANCY TEST | 46 | $36 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$242
Pharmacies billed $242 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 64% of their Part D prescriptions (25 of 39) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.
39 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $242 in drug cost.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
| Oxycodone | 21 | $57 | $3 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 39 | 25 | 64% (25) | 0% | $242 |
| 2023 | 21 | 15 | 62% (13) | 0% | $103 |
| 2022 | 11 | None | None | None | $116 |
| 2021 | 24 | 13 | None | None | $347 |
| 2020 | 29 | 15 | None | None | $517 |
| 2019 | 28 | 12 | None | None | $455 |
| 2018 | 32 | 14 | None | None | $317 |
| 2017 | 32 | 17 | 38% (12) | 0% | $329 |
| 2016 | 39 | 26 | 49% (19) | None | $1,113 |
| 2015 | 28 | 21 | 39% (11) | None | $561 |
| 2014 | 13 | None | 0% (0) | None | $724 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 11 | $54 | $5 |
2019: 1 drug
| Pantoprazole | 12 | $38 | $3 |
2016: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 14 | $139 | $10 |
Money from drug and device companies
$5,245 in 2025
| 2025 | 2 | 21 | None | $5,245 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 | None | $332 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | None | $184 |
| 2020 | 2 | 10 | None | $1,710 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | None | $118 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Intuitive Surgical | Davinci Xi | $5,157 | 20 payments
|
| PolyNovo North America | Novosorb Btm | $88 | 1 payment
|
See all 21 published payments
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-11-18 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $23 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $77 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $3 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $6 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $68 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $9 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $5 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $4 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $6 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $29 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $6 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $5 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $20 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $28 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $9 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-11-11 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $6 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Education · 2025-10-30 | Davinci Xi | $1,500 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-10-17 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $832 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Education · 2025-10-16 | Davinci Xi | $2,500 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-09-09 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $19 |
| PolyNovo North America | Meals · 2025-03-05 | Novosorb Btm | $88 |
See earlier years (2024, 2022, 2020, 2019)
2024: $332
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $135 | 2 payments
|
| PolyNovo North America | Novosorb Btm | $122 | 1 payment
|
| Innovation Technologies | Irrisept | $75 | 3 payments
|
2022: $184
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $157 | 2 payments
|
| Boston Scientific | Spyglass | $27 | 1 payment
|
2020: $1,710
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $1,695 | 9 payments
|
| Allergan | Teflaro | $15 | 1 payment
|
2019: $118
| Avita Medical Americas | None | $105 | 1 payment
|
| Allergan | Avycaz | $13 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1841604246
- Licence
- AR E-16605, MI 4301108265, PA MT207444
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Medicaid ID
- MI 4301108265
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X)
- Mailing address
- 1001 S Horsebarn Rd, Rogers, AR, 72758
- NPI first listed
- 2014-06-13
- NPI last updated
- 2023-07-20
- NPI record certified
- 2023-07-20
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 26 N 2nd St, Easton, PA, 18042