PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1003090085

Caroline HwangM.D.

PRACTICEUSC UNIVERSITY HOSPITALSee all providers at this practice →

GastroenterologyLos Angeles, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

232

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

308

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$31K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,398 Gastroenterology providers in CA — below median (cohort median 750).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

380

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.4M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

65.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Ustekinumab113 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium35 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates34 claims

Colestipol Hcl31 claims

Mesalamine29 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.5

Quality

84.1

Cost

74.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.53%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$32K

Payment records

192

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$25K

Food and Beverage$4K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Education$84

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 050224

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Caroline Hwang's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 0 inbound referrers · 5 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

No inbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	78	587
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	49	220
Shefali Chopra Pathology · Los Angeles, CA	19	52
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	11	70
VALLONE, JOHN	11	45

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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