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Licensed to practise in California · since 2012 · expires 2028-04-30 · Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$55,220
Medicare paid this office $55,220 for 411 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)
132
$15,831
$116
New patient visit (45+ min)
79
$11,196
$142
Short return visit (20+ min)
101
$9,033
$89
New patient visit (30+ min)
71
$6,402
$90
Detection test by multiplex amplified probe technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (covid-19), influenza virus types a and b, and respiratory syncytial virus
14
$1,957
$140
See all 10 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Return visit (30+ min)
132
$15,831
$116
New patient visit (45+ min)
79
$11,196
$142
Short return visit (20+ min)
101
$9,033
$89
New patient visit (30+ min)
71
$6,402
$90
Detection test by multiplex amplified probe technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (covid-19), influenza virus types a and b, and respiratory syncytial virus
14
$1,957
$140
Short return visit
23
$1,369
$57
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle
20
$352
$15
Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for streptococcus, group a (strep)
20
$324
$16
Urinalysis, manual test
40
$140
$3
Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg
11
$12
—None
Procedures Medicare counted
Procedure volume Medicare published
Removal of nail tissue
1-10
—None
Removal of tissue
1-10
—None
Who their Medicare patients are
411 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 78 · Women 63% · Also on Medicaid 11% · Health risk score 0.97. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
The office billed $198,976, Medicare allowed $76,145 and paid $55,220; for 719 services of 59 kinds; $309 of it was for drugs given in the office and $54,911 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
411
719
78
0.97
$198,976
$55,220
2023
443
649
78
1.71
$455,522
$72,364
2022
536
795
78
1.92
$651,866
$100,540
2021
516
763
78
1.95
$595,879
$97,048
2020
412
647
78
2.12
$466,117
$74,256
2019
703
1,063
78
1.99
$735,997
$116,647
2018
644
1,043
78
1.94
$512,863
$115,133
2017
684
1,063
76
1.89
$484,822
$155,800
2016
676
1,079
79
1.82
$450,186
$102,334
2015
563
934
76
1.96
$350,151
$83,496
2014
16
19
68
1.46
$8,544
$2,179
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: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
222
$37,022
$161
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
50
$10,891
$214
New patient visit (45+ min)
29
$4,426
$153
Return visit (30+ min)
34
$4,180
$123
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
38
$3,822
$101
Short return visit (20+ min)
28
$2,442
$87
New patient visit (30+ min)
22
$2,376
$108
X-ray of chest, 1 view
65
$508
$8
Urinalysis, manual test
11
$38
$3
2022: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
341
$60,413
$174
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
99
$24,005
$235
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
69
$7,344
$106
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes
19
$2,385
$119
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
22
$1,378
$63
X-ray of chest, 1 view
101
$827
$8
Ultrasound of heart, follow-up
16
$369
$23
Ultrasound scan of chest
12
$298
$25
X-ray of chest, 2 views
11
$108
$10
2021: 7 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
337
$61,672
$175
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
81
$19,524
$235
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
61
$6,552
$107
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes
21
$2,697
$117
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
20
$1,358
$65
X-ray of chest, 1 view
93
$789
$8
Ultrasound of heart, follow-up
11
$238
$22
2020: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
251
$41,567
$161
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
94
$20,683
$215
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
39
$4,027
$103
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes
16
$2,462
$112
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
14
$784
$56
X-ray of chest, 1 view
83
$708
$9
Ultrasound of heart, follow-up
19
$460
$24
Ultrasound scan of chest
16
$431
$27
Ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts
17
$376
$22
2019: 11 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
395
$61,487
$150
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
173
$34,832
$198
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
110
$11,180
$102
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
24
$1,246
$52
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes
11
$1,091
$99
X-ray of chest, 1 view
112
$976
$8
Ultrasound of heart, follow-up
31
$733
$24
Ultrasound scan of chest
24
$593
$25
Ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts
11
$238
$22
X-ray of chest, 2 views
21
$211
$10
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
12
$93
$8
2018: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
389
$66,295
$166
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
122
$27,508
$222
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
84
$9,520
$112
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
34
$1,941
$57
X-ray of chest, 1 view
150
$1,418
$9
Ultrasound of heart, follow-up
30
$792
$26
Ultrasound scan of chest
28
$771
$28
X-ray of chest, 2 views
26
$280
$11
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
17
$146
$9
X-ray of hip, 2-3 views
11
$128
$12
2017: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
473
$105,611
$214
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
77
$22,157
$284
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
80
$11,604
$145
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
47
$3,501
$74
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes
14
$2,449
$144
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front
122
$1,518
$12
Ultrasound of heart, follow-up
15
$511
$34
X-ray of chest, 2 views, front and side
31
$448
$14
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
22
$244
$11
X-ray of hip, 2-3 views
11
$165
$15
2016: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
445
$66,691
$144
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
75
$14,637
$195
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
96
$9,386
$97
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
59
$3,030
$51
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front
143
$1,214
$8
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
51
$395
$8
X-ray of chest, 2 views, front and side
27
$276
$10
X-ray of hip, 2-3 views
14
$143
$10
X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
11
$95
$8
2015: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
375
$57,322
$149
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
102
$10,388
$101
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
45
$8,853
$197
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
37
$1,911
$52
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
140
$1,117
$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front
117
$1,018
$8
2014: 1 service
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
14
$1,991
$142
Medicaid work
$22,504 in 2023
Medicaid paid $22,504 for 511 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 63 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
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
297
$11,467
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
214
$11,037
Medicaid work by year
2023
511
2
63
$22,504
2022
707
3
52
$25,241
2021
713
3
36
$26,245
2020
364
3
35
$14,105
2019
791
3
35
$30,140
2018
840
4
57
$33,897
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2022
Largest Medicaid services in 2022
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
292
$14,399
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
221
$6,907
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM
194
$3,935
2021
Largest Medicaid services in 2021
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
312
$14,371
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
195
$6,543
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM
206
$5,331
2020
Largest Medicaid services in 2020
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
190
$9,554
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM
113
$2,681
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
61
$1,870
2019
Largest Medicaid services in 2019
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
274
$14,622
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM
313
$7,781
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
204
$7,737
2018
Largest Medicaid services in 2018
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
278
$16,766
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM
327
$8,421
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
222
$8,236
Service
13
$474
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$5,115
Pharmacies billed $5,115 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
288 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $5,115 in drug cost · 160 antibiotic prescriptions to 130 people.
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
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa
16
$379
$24
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
36
$220
$6
Cefdinir
11
$195
$18
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro
13
$154
$11
Doxycycline Monohydrate
16
$151
$9
See all 10 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa
16
$379
$24
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
36
$220
$6
Cefdinir
11
$195
$18
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro
13
$154
$11
Doxycycline Monohydrate
16
$151
$9
Cefadroxil
21
$145
$7
Gabapentin
12
$95
$8
Cephalexin
21
$88
$4
Azithromycin
19
$63
$3
Prednisone
15
$36
$2
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
316
232
—None
—None
$5,115
2023
199
140
7% (13)
—None
$2,764
2022
167
116
13% (22)
—None
$2,491
2021
126
78
18% (23)
—None
$4,397
2020
82
56
21% (17)
—None
$1,828
2019
180
132
13% (24)
6%
$2,145
2018
110
82
21% (23)
—None
$935
2017
180
127
21% (38)
—None
$1,527
2016
196
139
28% (55)
6%
$1,933
2015
120
87
29% (35)
—None
$1,611
2014
55
38
31% (17)
—None
$966
2013
20
14
—None
—None
$218
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 8 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa
12
$398
$33
Cephalexin
29
$379
$13
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
11
$93
$8
Ondansetron Odt
12
$87
$7
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
11
$61
$6
Ibuprofen
11
$35
$3
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
12
$33
$3
Prednisone
13
$32
$2
2022: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Cephalexin
20
$192
$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
21
$77
$4
Ibuprofen
13
$46
$4
2021: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Cephalexin
14
$96
$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
19
$84
$4
Ibuprofen
17
$59
$3
2020: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Cephalexin
14
$108
$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
15
$53
$4
2019: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Cephalexin
31
$258
$8
Ondansetron Odt
18
$109
$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
19
$57
$3
Ibuprofen
12
$30
$3
2018: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Cephalexin
12
$83
$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
19
$74
$4
Prednisone
11
$38
$3
2017: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Cephalexin
34
$273
$8
Ondansetron Odt
18
$145
$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
30
$109
$4
Ciprofloxacin
12
$55
$5
2016: 5 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Cephalexin
25
$193
$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
32
$159
$5
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
22
$139
$6
Ciprofloxacin
17
$119
$7
Ondansetron
14
$97
$7
2015: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
23
$105
$5
Ciprofloxacin
11
$76
$7
2014: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
17
$103
$6
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
Medicare’s overall office score
94.6 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
NPI
1881987519
Licence
CA A122263California A122263: Current · expires 2028-04-30
Trained
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2011