PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1043438179

Kavita ErnstMD

CardiologyOakland, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

168

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

206

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,371).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,817

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$761K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Tartrate305 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium286 claims

Spironolactone215 claims

Metoprolol Succinate200 claims

Furosemide192 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 050075

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kavita Ernst'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). 2 inbound referrers · 4 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS	54	84
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY	11	31

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS	31	42
American Medical Response West Ambulance Service Provider · Concord, CA	17	27
Shaojun Wang Cardiology · Richmond, CA	11	12
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY	11	20

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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