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California Medical Board record
Licence C14053 · Deceased
Licence status: Deceased · since 1952 · University of Minnesota Medical School.
Licensee is deceased.
Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$14,832
Medicare paid this office $14,832 for 204 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Provision of test materials and equipment for home inr monitoring of patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; includes: provision of materials for use in the
31
$10,876
$73
Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin
171
$2,326
$8
Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
30
$985
$7
Who their Medicare patients are
204 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 81 · 85 and older 35% · Women 34% · Also on Medicaid 10% · Health risk score 1.66. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.
The office billed $68,608, Medicare allowed $19,695 and paid $14,832; for 606 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
204
606
81
1.66
$68,608
$14,832
2023
85
125
80
1.68
$9,218
$2,233
2022
109
237
80
1.54
$9,326
$1,839
2021
207
1,477
81
1.67
$157,104
$39,764
2020
255
2,102
80
2.07
$211,533
$51,668
2019
260
2,218
80
1.86
$220,830
$54,852
2018
272
2,554
80
1.72
$230,126
$56,286
2017
336
2,636
80
1.82
$245,734
$61,279
2016
347
2,361
81
1.57
$210,353
$51,941
2015
292
2,066
80
1.57
$185,955
$45,369
2014
292
2,046
80
1.55
$179,010
$47,144
2013
238
2,005
80
1.53
$165,790
$42,656
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: 2 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin
67
$719
$9
Blood test, clotting time
26
$109
$4
2022: 2 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin
73
$732
$8
Blood test, clotting time
103
$581
$4
2021: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)
136
$23,871
$63
Provision of test materials and equipment for home inr monitoring of patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; includes: provision of materials for use in the
13
$5,679
$57
Short return visit
66
$3,414
$42
Blood test, clotting time
170
$3,204
$4
Return visit (30+ min)
26
$2,700
$104
Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
40
$698
$5
2020: 8 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)
167
$30,639
$57
Provision of test materials and equipment for home inr monitoring of patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; includes: provision of materials for use in the
15
$8,503
$60
Blood test, clotting time
213
$4,526
$4
Short return visit
68
$2,772
$30
Return visit (30+ min)
22
$2,091
$91
Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
41
$1,409
$7
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free
13
$793
$61
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
13
$272
$21
2019: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)
179
$31,909
$57
Provision of test materials and equipment for home inr monitoring of patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; includes: provision of materials for use in the
12
$8,508
$71
Blood test, clotting time
230
$5,059
$4
Short return visit
81
$4,008
$32
Return visit (30+ min)
30
$2,761
$89
Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
25
$1,170
$7
2018: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Short return visit (20+ min)
208
$32,514
$52
Blood test, clotting time
245
$6,199
$5
Short return visit
109
$5,558
$33
Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin
15
$2,927
$10
Return visit (30+ min)
20
$1,581
$79
Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
21
$373
$7
2017: 5 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Short return visit (20+ min)
218
$38,820
$53
Blood test, clotting time
290
$8,004
$5
Short return visit
140
$6,725
$32
Return visit (30+ min)
31
$2,756
$86
Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
47
$591
$7
2016: 5 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)
236
$35,166
$54
Blood test, clotting time
308
$7,345
$5
Short return visit
119
$6,322
$32
Return visit (30+ min)
32
$2,653
$83
Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
44
$387
$6
2015: 5 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Short return visit (20+ min)
202
$30,410
$53
Blood test, clotting time
267
$6,571
$5
Short return visit
115
$5,756
$33
Return visit (30+ min)
19
$1,635
$82
Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
30
$225
$7
2014: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)
201
$29,469
$55
Short return visit
131
$8,126
$34
Blood test, clotting time
278
$6,417
$5
New patient visit (30+ min)
23
$1,961
$85
Return visit (30+ min)
13
$1,059
$81
Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
16
$112
$7
2013: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Short return visit (20+ min)
170
$23,379
$54
Short return visit
153
$10,909
$31
Blood test, clotting time
236
$6,340
$5
New patient visit (30+ min)
23
$1,677
$73
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$3,237
Pharmacies billed $3,237 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 67) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1%.
63 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $3,237 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
Warfarin
25
$698
$12
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
67
29
0% (0)
—None
$3,237
2023
79
38
0% (0)
—None
$8,121
2022
117
50
0% (0)
—None
$8,333
2021
329
119
0% (0)
4%
$10,647
2020
339
113
0% (0)
7%
$18,457
2019
311
99
0% (0)
4%
$10,217
2018
285
86
0% (0)
4%
$8,692
2017
310
102
0% (0)
—None
$10,007
2016
226
70
0% (0)
0%
$6,227
2015
259
73
0% (0)
—None
$8,023
2014
243
69
0% (0)
—None
$7,715
2013
205
59
0% (0)
—None
$5,858
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
Warfarin
61
$1,809
$30
2022: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Warfarin
103
$2,653
$26
2021: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Warfarin
296
$7,149
$24
Enoxaparin
20
$3,314
$166
Jantoven
12
$160
$13
2020: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Warfarin
292
$7,222
$25
Enoxaparin
23
$4,264
$185
2019: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Warfarin
274
$5,846
$21
Enoxaparin
16
$2,150
$134
2018: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Warfarin
254
$6,103
$24
Enoxaparin
12
$1,667
$139
Coumadin
11
$776
$71
2017: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Warfarin
281
$5,950
$21
Enoxaparin
20
$3,743
$187
2016: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Warfarin
203
$3,376
$17
Enoxaparin
13
$2,676
$206
2015: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Warfarin
246
$4,661
$19
Enoxaparin
11
$3,327
$302
2014: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Warfarin
233
$3,315
$14
2013: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Warfarin
197
$3,058
$16
Money from drug and device companies
$302 in 2024
Industry payments by year
2024
3
3
—None
$302
2023
6
8
—None
$797
2022
5
6
—None
$669
2021
2
2
—None
$154
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.