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California Medical Board record
Licence G77734 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1993 · expires 2027-04-30 · University of Wisconsin Medical School.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$8,712
Medicare paid this office $8,712 for 15 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
14
$7,524
$70
Who their Medicare patients are
15 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 46 · Health risk score 1.52. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 1.35.
The office billed $34,811, Medicare allowed $11,147 and paid $8,712; for 122 services of 6 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
Original Medicare by year
2024
15
122
46
1.52
$34,811
$8,712
2023
18
135
55
1.34
$37,355
$9,721
2022
31
253
62
1.64
$65,006
$16,579
2021
29
153
56
1.55
$36,578
$9,681
2020
36
244
59
1.53
$66,488
$15,175
2019
40
214
65
1.71
$58,537
$12,514
2018
64
325
59
1.60
$70,535
$18,647
2017
52
354
63
1.30
$74,058
$21,308
2016
58
260
57
1.49
$54,631
$15,551
2015
75
406
64
1.69
$93,786
$26,535
2014
90
433
62
1.47
$100,617
$28,474
2013
105
575
58
1.50
$158,804
$43,475
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: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
17
$8,901
$71
2022: 2 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
30
$15,189
$65
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
15
$1,072
$67
2021: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
23
$8,432
$66
2020: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
20
$11,087
$67
2019: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
19
$7,525
$66
Short return visit
14
$934
$44
Short return visit
15
$439
$20
2018: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
40
$14,151
$63
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
23
$1,405
$61
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes
11
$1,223
$111
Short return visit
13
$523
$22
2017: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
35
$15,273
$65
Short return visit (20+ min)
19
$1,871
$46
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
16
$1,193
$66
2016: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
39
$9,516
$64
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes
11
$1,336
$121
Short return visit (20+ min)
12
$1,276
$40
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
14
$920
$66
2015: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
58
$18,183
$65
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes
15
$2,075
$122
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes
12
$1,394
$93
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
19
$1,392
$66
2014: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
75
$20,250
$64
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes
15
$3,050
$92
Short return visit (20+ min)
11
$1,531
$41
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
15
$982
$65
2013: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes
41
$17,849
$89
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes
76
$14,878
$63
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes
26
$5,401
$174
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
24
$1,534
$64
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$12,449
Pharmacies billed $12,449 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 44) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.
40 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $12,449 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.
Largest Part D drug costs
Quetiapine
13
$394
$30
Lorazepam
13
$40
$3
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
44
—None
0% (0)
—None
$12,449
2023
51
—None
0% (0)
—None
$2,534
2022
67
—None
0% (0)
—None
$3,097
2021
70
—None
0% (0)
—None
$6,807
2020
90
12
0% (0)
—None
$4,730
2019
81
14
0% (0)
—None
$6,780
2018
157
29
0% (0)
—None
$7,468
2017
152
25
—None
—None
$6,751
2016
171
26
—None
—None
$10,192
2015
216
25
—None
13%
$19,144
2014
223
27
0% (0)
21%
$33,262
2013
286
37
0% (0)
17%
$29,190
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
Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Clozapine
15
$861
$57
2021: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Lorazepam
12
$102
$8
2020: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Mirtazapine
21
$531
$25
Aripiprazole
11
$191
$17
Fluoxetine
11
$109
$10
Lorazepam
11
$64
$6
2019: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Mirtazapine
18
$577
$32
2018: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Aripiprazole
12
$474
$40
Venlafaxine Hcl Er
15
$268
$18
Mirtazapine
14
$203
$15
2017: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Aripiprazole
18
$1,665
$92
Mirtazapine
23
$289
$13
Venlafaxine Hcl Er
21
$255
$12
2016: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Aripiprazole
21
$6,213
$296
Rivastigmine
11
$602
$55
Venlafaxine Hcl Er
26
$333
$13
Mirtazapine
23
$276
$12
2015: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Rivastigmine
13
$966
$74
Venlafaxine Hcl Er
28
$365
$13
Mirtazapine
25
$253
$10
2014: 9 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Abilify
12
$9,479
$790
Namenda
12
$3,618
$301
Rivastigmine
12
$1,280
$107
Venlafaxine Hcl Er
29
$710
$24
Bupropion Xl
12
$659
$55
Venlafaxine
13
$602
$46
Quetiapine
17
$539
$32
Mirtazapine
27
$280
$10
Divalproex
14
$115
$8
2013: 10 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Namenda
13
$3,406
$262
Rivastigmine
12
$1,704
$142
Olanzapine
12
$1,114
$93
Risperidone
19
$774
$41
Venlafaxine Hcl Er
28
$645
$23
Venlafaxine
12
$611
$51
Mirtazapine
36
$404
$11
Quetiapine
17
$367
$22
Bupropion Xl
12
$314
$26
Divalproex
13
$126
$10
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
NPI
1013007848
Licence
CA G77734California G77734: Current · expires 2027-04-30