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California Medical Board record
Licence A119554 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2011 · expires 2027-06-30 · University of Vienna Faculty of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$1,426
Medicare paid this office $1,426 for 18 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Surgical pathology consultation and report on referred slides prepared elsewhere
18
$1,426
$75
Who their Medicare patients are
18 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Health risk score 2.11. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical pathology clinician is at 1.55.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 72%.
The office billed $7,419, Medicare allowed $1,789 and paid $1,426; for 19 services of 1 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
18
19
76
2.11
$7,419
$1,426
2023
51
166
70
1.96
$50,811
$6,507
2022
48
268
74
2.47
$75,477
$9,219
2021
21
77
72
1.52
$20,283
$2,751
2020
62
281
70
2.89
$80,212
$10,176
2019
49
208
72
2.29
$54,893
$6,899
2018
134
706
70
2.52
$183,781
$24,018
2017
87
348
68
2.95
$89,196
$11,865
2016
51
249
68
2.87
$63,582
$8,949
2015
86
407
72
2.02
$101,316
$14,643
2014
108
369
69
2.57
$97,515
$14,052
2013
19
80
70
1.87
$19,015
$2,663
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: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Surgical pathology consultation and report on referred slides prepared elsewhere
25
$1,870
$75
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
20
$900
$45
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
20
$695
$35
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure
11
$358
$33
Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present
20
$230
$12
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report
11
$178
$11
2022: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, 16 or more markers
24
$1,834
$76
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
38
$1,696
$43
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
38
$1,374
$35
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure
11
$982
$27
Microscopic genetic analysis of tumor, manual
12
$744
$39
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure
18
$588
$33
Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report
38
$586
$11
Genetic sequencing localization, each additional procedure
15
$529
$33
Blood smear interpretation by physician with written report
13
$301
$23
2017: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, 16 or more markers
33
$2,748
$83
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
54
$2,531
$45
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
49
$1,952
$35
Microscopic genetic analysis of tumor, manual
13
$990
$52
Cell examination of specimen, concentration technique
34
$840
$22
Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present
49
$625
$12
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure
17
$574
$34
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report
25
$473
$11
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure
12
$407
$27
2016: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, 16 or more markers
23
$2,341
$102
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
39
$1,776
$46
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
38
$1,368
$36
Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present
38
$447
$12
Cell examination of specimen, concentration technique
13
$366
$22
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report
22
$329
$11
2015: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, 16 or more markers
39
$4,049
$101
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
52
$2,594
$45
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
52
$2,133
$36
Microscopic genetic analysis of tumor, manual
16
$1,309
$50
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure
16
$732
$20
Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present
52
$674
$12
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure
18
$599
$33
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report
23
$528
$11
Cell examination of specimen, concentration technique
22
$495
$22
Blood smear interpretation by physician with written report
11
$296
$23
2014: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, 16 or more markers
45
$4,513
$96
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
51
$2,309
$42
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
50
$1,905
$35
Microscopic genetic analysis of tumor, manual
12
$979
$49
Cell examination of specimen, concentration technique
31
$703
$20
Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, 2 to 8 markers
11
$635
$58
Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present
50
$594
$11
Immunohistochemistry or immunocytochemistry, per specimen; first single or multiplex antibody stain
13
$358
$28
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report
17
$314
$11
Immunohistochemistry or immunocytochemistry, per specimen; each additional single or multiplex antibody stain (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
11
$218
$11
2013: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
12
$508
$42
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
12
$397
$33
Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present
12
$132
$11
Medicaid work
$475 in 2023
Medicaid paid $475 for 26 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 13 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.
Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Cytopathology, concentration technique, smears and interpretation (eg, Saccomanno technique)
13
$297
Blood smear, peripheral, interpretation by physician with written report
13
$178
Medicaid work by year
2023
26
2
13
$475
2022
16
1
16
$316
2021
27
1
21
$549
2020
60
3
28
$1,293
2019
113
5
22
$3,133
2018
186
5
43
$5,380
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2022
Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Cytopathology, concentration technique, smears and interpretation (eg, Saccomanno technique)
16
$316
2021
Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Cytopathology, concentration technique, smears and interpretation (eg, Saccomanno technique)
27
$549
2020
Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Cytopathology, concentration technique, smears and interpretation (eg, Saccomanno technique)
30
$742
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
16
$426
Blood smear, peripheral, interpretation by physician with written report
14
$125
2019
Largest Medicaid services in 2019
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
31
$1,184
Cytopathology, concentration technique, smears and interpretation (eg, Saccomanno technique)
38
$1,065
TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST
14
$553
Blood smear, peripheral, interpretation by physician with written report
15
$209
DECALCIFICATION PROCEDURE
15
$121
2018
Largest Medicaid services in 2018
Cytopathology, concentration technique, smears and interpretation (eg, Saccomanno technique)
111
$3,294
Bone marrow, smear interpretation
30
$1,115
TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST
15
$665
Blood smear, peripheral, interpretation by physician with written report
15
$199
DECALCIFICATION PROCEDURE
15
$107
Money from drug and device companies
$20 in 2020
Industry payments by year
2020
1
1
—None
$20
2019
1
2
—None
$51
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.
Research payments by company and study
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · To Evaluate Efficacy of Combined Blockage of Infla · 2023
Their institution
$475,000
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2019
Their institution
$400,000
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · To Evaluate Efficacy of Combined Blockage of Infla · 2021
Their institution
$150,000
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Modulating Immune Checkpoints To Treat Idiopathic · 2020
Their institution
$100,000
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
1609049741
Licence
CA A119554California A119554: Current · expires 2027-06-30