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Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD

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Specializes in: Internal Medicine (Adult Medicine)

1120 Glenns Bay Road Suite 101
Surfside Beach, SC 29575

(843) 215-5492

Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD is an internist in Surfside Beach, SC specializing in internal medicine (adult medicine).

Office Locations

1120 Glenns Bay Road Suite 101
Surfside Beach, SC 29575

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In The News

“She is survived by three sons, John Bestic of Pawleys Island, SC, Dr. Philip Bestic of North Litchfield Beach, SC, and Jeffrey Bestic of Aspen, CO; three grandchildren, John Bestic III of Las...”—"Frances P. Bestic", The Orange County Register, December 2005

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC during 2012 were lab tests, nursing home care, preventive care and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	342
breathing treatment	30
diabetes management	165
doctor visit	1930
ear procedures	16
hospital care	449
inpatient care	449
lab tests	1046
nursing home care	678
preventive care	523
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	20
skin procedures	20
vaccines	97

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC during 2013 were nursing home care, lab tests, preventive care and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	292
breathing treatment	22
diabetes management	142
doctor visit	1738
hospital care	423
inpatient care	423
lab tests	955
nursing home care	1497
preventive care	536
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	21
skin procedures	21
vaccines	150

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD.

**Gender**
Male	271
Female	294

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	536
Black	12
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	280
From 75 to 84	160
85 and over	101
Less than 65	24

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	39
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	37
Dementia	17
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC during 2014 were nursing home care, lab tests, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	209
breathing treatment	21
diabetes management	102
doctor visit	1511
hospital care	444
inpatient care	444
lab tests	712
nursing home care	1255
preventive care	379
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	12
skin procedures	12
vaccines	102

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD.

**Gender**
Male	258
Female	290

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	512
Black	15
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	266
From 75 to 84	152
85 and over	101
Less than 65	29

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	34
Dementia	18
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC during 2015 were nursing home care, lab tests, preventive care and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	165
breathing treatment	20
diabetes management	74
doctor visit	1301
hospital care	312
inpatient care	312
lab tests	565
nursing home care	1174
preventive care	348
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	17
skin procedures	17
vaccines	154

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD.

**Gender**
Male	524
Female	600

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	1044
Black	34
Hispanic	24
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	502
From 75 to 84	348
85 and over	224
Less than 65	50

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	43
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	37
Dementia	22
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC during 2016 were nursing home care, lab tests, preventive care and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	132
diabetes management	57
doctor visit	1189
lab tests	431
nursing home care	1071
preventive care	290
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	13
skin procedures	13
vaccines	127

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD.

**Gender**
Male	241
Female	260

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	464
Black	16
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	214
From 75 to 84	181
85 and over	86
Less than 65	20

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	35
Dementia	22
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC during 2017 were nursing home care, lab tests, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	92
diabetes management	46
doctor visit	1015
lab tests	348
nursing home care	1354
preventive care	246
vaccines	116

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD.

**Gender**
Male	234
Female	272

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	461
Black	25
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	198
From 75 to 84	202
85 and over	95
Less than 65	11

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	35
Dementia	25
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC during 2018 were nursing home care, preventive care, lab tests and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	52
diabetes management	55
doctor visit	897
lab tests	186
nursing home care	1034
preventive care	202
vaccines	99

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD.

**Gender**
Male	201
Female	234

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	402
Black	17
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	156
From 75 to 84	183
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	47
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	26
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	31
Dementia	26
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC during 2019 were nursing home care, lab tests, preventive care and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

diabetes management	28
doctor visit	376
lab tests	28
nursing home care	1184
preventive care	28

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD.

**Gender**
Male	180
Female	180

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	334
Black	15
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	117
From 75 to 84	162
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	48
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	37
Dementia	27
Cancer	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC during 2020 were nursing home care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	182
nursing home care	961

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD.

**Gender**
Male	34
Female	67

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	27
85 and over	58
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	67
Depression	52
Chronic Kidney Disease	56
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	27
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	29
Diabetes	38
Dementia	75
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2020

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated as an internist in Surfside Beach, SC were nursing home care, lab tests, hospital care and inpatient care.

blood draw	183
diabetes management	83
doctor visit	1126
ear procedures	16
hospital care	407
inpatient care	407
lab tests	533
nursing home care	1134
preventive care	319
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	16
skin procedures	16
vaccines	120

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2020

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD.

**Gender**
Male	215
Female	244

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	14
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	417
Hispanic	2
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	157
85 and over	73
Less than 65	14
65 to 74	192

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD From 2012 - 2020

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	10
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	31
Atrial Fibrillation	15
Cancer	10
Dementia	25

Education & Training

He has a state license in South Carolina.

Licensed In: South Carolina

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Philip Brereton Bestic, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Novo Nordisk Inc	$29 Levemir $17	Victoza $13
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	$21 ELIQUIS $21
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc	$15 INVOKANA $15
Pfizer Inc.	$15 ELIQUIS $15