PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1164436408

Ernesto CortezD.O.

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Family PracticeBellflower, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

153

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

268

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$15K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 8,228 Family Practice providers in CA — below median (cohort median 411).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,098

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$298K

Distinct drugs

109

Brand share

14.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium476 claims

Metformin Hcl384 claims

Lisinopril294 claims

Losartan Potassium234 claims

Amlodipine Besylate226 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.6

Quality

58.7

Cost

75.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.15%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 050393

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ernesto Cortez'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). 1 inbound referrers · 2 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	22	152

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	41	262
Saeed Yadegar Diagnostic Radiology · Downey, CA	30	70

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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