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California Medical Board record
Licence G77615 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1993 · expires 2027-03-31 · Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$43,218
Medicare paid this office $43,218 for 297 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
171
$25,624
$143
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
46
$8,548
$186
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
61
$5,999
$98
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
123
$913
$7
Who their Medicare patients are
297 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 11% · 85 and older 27% · Women 55% · Also on Medicaid 33% · Health risk score 1.88. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
The office billed $371,314, Medicare allowed $55,216 and paid $43,218; for 455 services of 23 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
297
455
76
1.88
$371,314
$43,218
2023
347
531
76
1.77
$415,345
$51,473
2022
392
618
76
1.64
$444,130
$64,815
2021
380
604
75
1.80
$412,609
$62,075
2020
427
674
76
1.89
$459,806
$68,798
2019
210
482
74
2.76
$221,106
$34,834
2018
238
542
73
3.01
$184,381
$40,738
2017
151
385
74
2.88
$107,389
$33,193
2016
165
391
75
2.69
$103,511
$23,738
2015
246
606
73
2.28
$162,943
$38,769
2014
248
571
73
2.23
$147,535
$34,666
2013
247
506
74
2.67
$143,209
$35,113
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: 5 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
210
$30,756
$146
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
60
$11,615
$190
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
67
$6,453
$96
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
133
$904
$6
X-ray of chest, 1 view
16
$129
$8
2022: 5 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
212
$36,264
$167
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
54
$12,328
$228
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
86
$8,790
$101
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
38
$1,940
$51
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
146
$1,041
$7
2021: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
236
$38,983
$163
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
46
$10,070
$219
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
57
$6,011
$105
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
39
$2,335
$60
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
131
$988
$7
X-ray of chest, 1 view
19
$144
$8
2020: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
258
$39,988
$154
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
71
$14,646
$206
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
61
$5,717
$92
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
40
$2,197
$55
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
124
$957
$7
X-ray of chest, 1 view
34
$292
$9
2019: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
131
$19,735
$148
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
39
$7,656
$196
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
24
$2,462
$103
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
121
$995
$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view
80
$681
$8
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
12
$596
$50
2018: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
141
$22,722
$161
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
31
$7,074
$221
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
29
$3,318
$114
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
28
$1,629
$56
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
150
$1,385
$9
X-ray of chest, 1 view
81
$751
$9
2017: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
92
$19,424
$207
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
17
$4,618
$272
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
20
$2,786
$139
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
20
$1,406
$70
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
99
$1,114
$11
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front
71
$856
$12
2016: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
100
$14,808
$147
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
17
$3,327
$196
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
18
$1,816
$101
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
28
$1,492
$53
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
103
$858
$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front
79
$653
$8
2015: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
171
$25,658
$148
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
22
$4,516
$196
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
32
$3,237
$101
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
162
$1,289
$8
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
23
$1,227
$53
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front
127
$1,058
$8
2014: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
159
$22,672
$143
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
37
$3,443
$93
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
17
$3,323
$195
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
25
$1,272
$49
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
155
$1,204
$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front
110
$916
$8
2013: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
158
$22,873
$143
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
25
$4,782
$191
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
36
$3,436
$95
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
159
$1,195
$7
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making
23
$1,158
$48
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front
51
$399
$8
Medicaid work
$26,061 in 2024
Medicaid paid $26,061 for 289 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 42 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 2024
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
237
$19,495
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
52
$6,566
Medicaid work by year
2024
289
2
42
$26,061
2023
441
3
36
$21,937
2022
176
4
27
$5,083
2021
120
4
20
$4,611
2020
62
3
19
$1,698
2019
1,140
7
83
$44,199
2018
1,731
7
85
$61,390
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
Largest Medicaid services in 2023
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
313
$14,493
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
116
$7,004
Service
12
$440
2022
Largest Medicaid services in 2022
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM
122
$2,971
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
16
$826
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
25
$812
Service
13
$474
2021
Largest Medicaid services in 2021
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM
68
$2,170
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
28
$1,422
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
12
$929
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only
111
$743
Radiologic examination, chest; single view
30
$15
2018
Largest Medicaid services in 2018
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM
732
$25,892
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM
236
$14,200
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM
325
$13,223
Service
178
$6,453
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only
194
$1,417
Service
13
$161
Radiologic examination, chest; single view
53
$44
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$2,993
Pharmacies billed $2,993 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 12% of their Part D prescriptions (13 of 109) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 12%.
100 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $2,993 in drug cost · 38 antibiotic prescriptions to 36 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
Cephalexin
20
$150
$8
Ondansetron Odt
12
$82
$7
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
109
86
12% (13)
—None
$2,993
2023
166
125
17% (28)
—None
$3,146
2022
142
98
21% (30)
—None
$3,217
2021
150
109
17% (25)
—None
$2,197
2020
113
87
10% (11)
—None
$1,223
2019
248
187
17% (41)
6%
$3,637
2018
289
203
18% (52)
6%
$3,174
2017
277
190
21% (57)
6%
$3,518
2016
340
220
25% (86)
7%
$3,712
2015
450
286
30% (137)
7%
$6,404
2014
493
316
30% (150)
—None
$6,048
2013
440
294
33% (145)
—None
$4,940
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Cephalexin
30
$284
$9
Prednisone
15
$114
$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
24
$108
$5
Ondansetron Odt
11
$85
$8
2022: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Cephalexin
15
$130
$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
24
$109
$5
2021: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Cephalexin
18
$103
$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
20
$98
$5
Ondansetron Odt
11
$89
$8
2020: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Cephalexin
12
$106
$9
Ondansetron
13
$64
$5
Prednisone
11
$59
$5
2019: 5 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Cephalexin
29
$194
$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
34
$127
$4
Ondansetron Odt
17
$96
$6
Ibuprofen
25
$67
$3
Prednisone
14
$55
$4
2018: 6 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Cephalexin
36
$366
$10
Ondansetron Odt
16
$214
$13
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
43
$193
$4
Ibuprofen
22
$79
$4
Meclizine
13
$69
$5
Prednisone
13
$56
$4
2017: 5 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Cephalexin
27
$193
$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
38
$161
$4
Ondansetron Odt
19
$97
$5
Ibuprofen
23
$89
$4
Acetaminophen-Codeine
11
$41
$4
2016: 7 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
62
$291
$5
Cephalexin
27
$210
$8
Ibuprofen
43
$154
$4
Ondansetron Odt
13
$129
$10
Azithromycin
14
$122
$9
Prednisone
20
$91
$5
Acetaminophen-Codeine
12
$48
$4
2015: 10 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
93
$531
$6
Ibuprofen
43
$218
$5
Levofloxacin
15
$187
$12
Cephalexin
27
$186
$7
Azithromycin
25
$181
$7
Prednisone
21
$110
$5
Meclizine
16
$105
$7
Acetaminophen-Codeine
28
$92
$3
Ciprofloxacin
15
$81
$5
Ondansetron
14
$78
$6
2014: 8 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Tamiflu
11
$1,272
$116
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
124
$698
$6
Cephalexin
31
$256
$8
Ibuprofen
36
$157
$4
Azithromycin
20
$155
$8
Ondansetron Odt
11
$130
$12
Prednisone
24
$117
$5
Ondansetron
13
$83
$6
2013: 10 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Proair Hfa
11
$518
$47
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
117
$506
$4
Cephalexin
53
$462
$9
Meclizine
14
$145
$10
Ibuprofen
34
$130
$4
Azithromycin
12
$125
$10
Prednisone
19
$65
$3
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
11
$58
$5
Acetaminophen-Codeine
12
$49
$4
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
11
$45
$4
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
1962457176
Licence
CA G77615California G77615: Current · expires 2027-03-31
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
CA 00G776150
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
Mailing address
2100 Powell St, Ste 920, Emeryville, CA, 94608
NPI first listed
2006-05-24
NPI last updated
2008-07-21
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.