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Licensed to practise in California · since 1990 · expires 2027-05-31 · University of Maryland School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$55,817
Medicare paid this office $55,817 for 167 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)
64
$23,770
$155
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
63
$9,894
$157
Return visit (30+ min)
72
$9,427
$93
Short return visit (20+ min)
31
$1,687
$53
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's
68
$1,492
$14
See all 8 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Long return visit (40+ min)
64
$23,770
$155
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
63
$9,894
$157
Return visit (30+ min)
72
$9,427
$93
Short return visit (20+ min)
31
$1,687
$53
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's
68
$1,492
$14
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and
13
$1,216
$53
Influenza vaccine, inactivated
13
$1,064
$82
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
14
$547
$39
Procedures Medicare counted
Procedure volume Medicare published
Removal of skin lesions
1-10
—None
Who their Medicare patients are
167 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 41% · Health risk score 0.93. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
The office billed $167,828, Medicare allowed $74,440 and paid $55,817; for 588 services of 29 kinds; $4,440 of it was for drugs given in the office and $51,378 for care.
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
167
588
77
0.93
$167,828
$55,817
2023
179
617
76
1.02
$191,037
$69,252
2022
177
647
76
0.92
$198,658
$72,615
2021
176
661
76
1.00
$199,079
$70,513
2020
171
701
75
1.04
$186,217
$61,617
2019
196
761
75
0.98
$209,903
$70,193
2018
196
782
74
0.93
$211,931
$67,517
2017
203
807
74
1.09
$204,177
$66,116
2016
217
1,035
73
1.03
$247,982
$80,788
2015
199
1,589
74
1.02
$245,201
$94,490
2014
199
1,053
72
1.00
$212,376
$72,343
2013
185
794
73
1.04
$193,761
$59,046
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: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)
80
$28,832
$161
Return visit (30+ min)
92
$15,075
$105
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
73
$11,646
$160
Short return visit (20+ min)
51
$3,461
$64
Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent inactivated, 0.5 ml dosage
32
$2,496
$76
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
33
$1,286
$38
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and
14
$1,105
$53
Removal of impacted ear wax by washing
12
$252
$19
2022: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)
84
$32,713
$158
Return visit (30+ min)
102
$18,982
$112
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
55
$8,708
$158
Short return visit (20+ min)
40
$2,730
$63
Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent inactivated, 0.5 ml dosage
33
$2,318
$70
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
35
$1,361
$38
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and
15
$1,211
$48
Removal of impacted ear wax by washing
11
$183
$17
2021: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Long return visit (40+ min)
84
$36,097
$158
Return visit (30+ min)
99
$15,558
$97
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
53
$7,718
$146
Short return visit (20+ min)
35
$2,506
$64
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free
30
$1,958
$65
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and
13
$1,059
$50
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
33
$721
$22
Removal of impacted ear wax by washing
13
$316
$21
2020: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)
119
$21,858
$88
Long return visit (40+ min)
62
$18,535
$129
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
45
$6,372
$142
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes
18
$3,134
$108
Short return visit (20+ min)
35
$2,215
$58
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free
35
$2,181
$61
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and
15
$1,063
$53
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
36
$774
$21
Removal of impacted ear wax by washing
14
$228
$15
2019: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)
117
$23,973
$92
Long return visit (40+ min)
71
$19,884
$124
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
73
$10,204
$140
Short return visit (20+ min)
56
$3,243
$54
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free
35
$1,914
$53
Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent
16
$1,778
$111
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
39
$820
$21
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
21
$431
$21
2018: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)
129
$24,324
$84
Long return visit (40+ min)
67
$20,887
$122
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
65
$8,536
$131
Short return visit (20+ min)
47
$2,851
$55
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free
42
$1,825
$43
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
44
$1,132
$26
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and
14
$929
$52
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
11
$283
$26
2017: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Return visit (30+ min)
133
$25,810
$82
Long return visit (40+ min)
59
$17,552
$124
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
51
$6,497
$127
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free
57
$2,493
$44
Short return visit (20+ min)
45
$2,319
$47
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
63
$2,027
$32
Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent
14
$1,304
$93
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
22
$668
$30
2016: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Return visit (30+ min)
158
$34,402
$86
Long return visit (40+ min)
63
$20,134
$124
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
40
$5,066
$127
Pneumococcal vaccine, 13-valent
29
$5,014
$173
Short return visit (20+ min)
71
$4,202
$46
Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
12
$2,211
$184
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free
60
$2,201
$37
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
64
$1,944
$30
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
41
$1,246
$30
Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent
12
$1,036
$86
2015: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Return visit (30+ min)
155
$37,172
$88
Pneumococcal vaccine, 13-valent
132
$19,990
$151
Long return visit (40+ min)
50
$15,443
$134
Short return visit (20+ min)
54
$4,605
$62
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
132
$4,010
$30
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
28
$3,684
$132
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free
67
$2,391
$35
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
72
$2,283
$31
2014: 11 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Return visit (30+ min)
148
$36,697
$86
Long return visit (40+ min)
39
$10,875
$118
Short return visit (20+ min)
65
$4,519
$51
Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
16
$2,948
$184
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
85
$2,613
$30
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free
76
$2,513
$33
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
20
$2,509
$125
Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent
39
$2,484
$64
Pneumococcal vaccine, 13-valent
12
$1,799
$150
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
51
$1,549
$30
Short return visit
12
$310
$26
2013: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Return visit (30+ min)
143
$37,991
$86
Long return visit (40+ min)
48
$10,082
$120
Short return visit (20+ min)
52
$3,463
$54
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
11
$1,393
$127
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$418,511
Pharmacies billed $418,511 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 3% of their Part D prescriptions (104 of 4,035) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.
3,594 generic and 417 brand-name prescriptions · $418,511 in drug cost · 63 antibiotic prescriptions to 32 people · 20 antipsychotic prescriptions to people over 65.
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
Ozempic
48
$68,788
$1,433
Jardiance
25
$38,393
$1,536
Mounjaro
15
$35,753
$2,384
Trulicity
16
$34,244
$2,140
Eliquis
17
$21,845
$1,285
See all 84 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Ozempic
48
$68,788
$1,433
Jardiance
25
$38,393
$1,536
Mounjaro
15
$35,753
$2,384
Trulicity
16
$34,244
$2,140
Eliquis
17
$21,845
$1,285
Rybelsus
16
$21,520
$1,345
Xarelto
16
$11,922
$745
Gemtesa
16
$10,937
$684
Sucralfate
11
$5,644
$513
Breo Ellipta
12
$5,311
$443
Atorvastatin
357
$3,513
$10
Duloxetine
67
$2,601
$39
Metoprolol
133
$2,528
$19
Colchicine
13
$2,331
$179
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
68
$2,295
$34
Rosuvastatin
93
$2,213
$24
Metformin Hcl Er
107
$2,205
$21
Losartan
196
$2,144
$11
Valsartan
35
$1,811
$52
Methenamine Hippurate
12
$1,650
$138
Pyridostigmine Bromide Er
12
$1,642
$137
Lisinopril
158
$1,441
$9
Tamsulosin
61
$1,428
$23
Levothyroxine
131
$1,401
$11
Gabapentin
60
$1,397
$23
Risedronate
12
$1,394
$116
Synthroid
15
$1,392
$93
Humulin N
16
$1,369
$86
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa
39
$1,281
$33
Amlodipine Besylate
172
$1,182
$7
Pravastatin
77
$1,052
$14
Pantoprazole
52
$1,025
$20
Bupropion Xl
25
$995
$40
Finasteride
39
$861
$22
Metformin
74
$847
$11
Omeprazole
57
$834
$15
Mirtazapine
20
$829
$41
Famotidine
34
$777
$23
Ezetimibe
31
$712
$23
Azelastine
20
$682
$34
Simvastatin
52
$674
$13
Clopidogrel
44
$616
$14
Glipizide Er
12
$599
$50
Hydrochlorothiazide
85
$568
$7
Fluticasone Propionate
25
$562
$22
Diclofenac
14
$549
$39
Glipizide
28
$542
$19
Betamethasone Diprop Augmented
14
$463
$33
Valacyclovir
13
$445
$34
Trazodone
50
$432
$9
Zolpidem
65
$407
$6
Nortriptyline
13
$370
$28
Potassium Chloride
17
$363
$21
Allopurinol
32
$332
$10
Meloxicam
23
$310
$13
Venlafaxine Hcl Er
17
$304
$18
Montelukast
24
$289
$12
Pioglitazone
12
$248
$21
Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazid
20
$242
$12
Alendronate
30
$229
$8
Lorazepam
41
$223
$5
Lovastatin
26
$221
$9
Atenolol
24
$219
$9
Hydralazine
11
$217
$20
Doxazosin Mesylate
11
$216
$20
Digoxin
11
$203
$18
Escitalopram
15
$202
$13
Metoprolol
23
$198
$9
Spironolactone
14
$191
$14
Fluoxetine
12
$191
$16
Propranolol
12
$150
$13
Alprazolam
36
$143
$4
Sertraline
15
$137
$9
Methimazole
13
$131
$10
Furosemide
35
$125
$4
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
29
$125
$4
Cephalexin
12
$120
$10
Triamcinolone Acetonide
18
$114
$6
Diazepam
23
$100
$4
Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride
11
$87
$8
Mupirocin
11
$87
$8
Quetiapine
11
$82
$7
Carvedilol
11
$76
$7
Zaleplon
11
$61
$6
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
4,035
288
3% (104)
10%
$418,511
2023
3,946
290
3% (100)
9%
$424,669
2022
3,910
273
3% (113)
9%
$455,905
2021
4,299
266
4% (159)
9%
$379,880
2020
4,349
267
4% (153)
9%
$335,075
2019
4,041
259
4% (145)
10%
$309,479
2018
4,008
247
4% (157)
10%
$299,747
2017
3,880
246
4% (168)
11%
$252,569
2016
4,203
258
4% (157)
13%
$305,689
2015
3,957
241
5% (208)
16%
$289,676
2014
3,925
235
6% (216)
19%
$310,157
2013
3,577
227
5% (193)
22%
$286,876
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.