What is Derek Patel's specialty?

Derek Patel (NPI 1073538385) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in San Diego, CA.

Where does Derek Patel practice?

Derek Patel practices in San Diego, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1073538385.

How much does Medicare pay Derek Patel?

Derek Patel (NPI 1073538385) received approximately $74K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 388 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1073538385

Derek PatelM.D.

GastroenterologySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

559

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

610

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$67K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

622

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

67.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole104 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates62 claims

Linaclotide53 claims

Upadacitinib49 claims

Ustekinumab45 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.8

Quality

84.1

Cost

73.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.66%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$19

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$19

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$19

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 050025

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Derek Patel'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). 4 inbound referrers · 13 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	193	1,180
Armelia Sani Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA	16	52
Yunsan Huang Internal Medicine · Irvine, CA	14	60
Deanna Hill Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA	11	29

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	265	1,878
Mark Valasek Pathology · Bryan, TX	50	156
Grace Lin Pathology · San Diego, CA	30	84
Ann Tipps Pathology · San Diego, CA	25	69
Vera Vavinskaya Pathology · San Diego, CA	18	43
HOH, CARL	15	33
Giovanna Casola Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	15	56
David Kunkel Gastroenterology · San Diego, CA	15	36
Yunsan Huang Internal Medicine · Irvine, CA	13	59
Sebastian Obrzut Diagnostic Radiology · Portland, OR	12	31
LAKIN, CHARLES	12	69
Ottar Lunde Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA	11	48

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.

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