What is Nicole Appelle's specialty?

Nicole Appelle (NPI 1144413501) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in San Francisco, CA.

Where does Nicole Appelle practice?

Nicole Appelle practices in San Francisco, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1144413501.

How much does Medicare pay Nicole Appelle?

Nicole Appelle (NPI 1144413501) received approximately $56K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 359 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1144413501

Nicole AppelleM.D.

Internal MedicineSan Francisco, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

657

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

943

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$53K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — above median (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,151

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$247K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium359 claims

Amlodipine Besylate217 claims

Losartan Potassium167 claims

Gabapentin113 claims

Omeprazole94 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.9

Quality

81.1

Cost

71.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.42%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

Home health agency

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nicole Appelle'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). 11 inbound referrers · 22 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Gordon Fung Cardiology · San Francisco, CA	60	217
Paul Nadler Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CA	25	89
Alison Huang Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CA	18	74
City & County Of San Francisco Ambulance Service Provider · San Francisco, CA	18	69
Derek Sun Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	18	58
Gina Moreno-John Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CA	13	42
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO	13	57
Daria Motamedi Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	12	38
Ana Padula Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CA	11	51
Elizabeth Kwan Emergency Medicine · San Francisco, CA	11	33
Theodore Kurtz Pathology · San Francisco, CA	11	39

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO	423	3,578
Gordon Fung Cardiology · San Francisco, CA	63	255
GALVIN, HELEN	51	143
Derek Sun Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	35	115
Lynne Steinbach Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	21	79
Alison Huang Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CA	18	69
Paul Nadler Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CA	18	57
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO	18	42
Theodore Kurtz Pathology · San Francisco, CA	17	49
City & County Of San Francisco Ambulance Service Provider · San Francisco, CA	16	65
Daria Motamedi Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	15	52
Brett Elicker Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	15	26

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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