What is Ricardo Brizuela's specialty?

Ricardo Brizuela (NPI 1174605224) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Modesto, CA.

Where does Ricardo Brizuela practice?

Ricardo Brizuela practices in Modesto, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1174605224.

How much does Medicare pay Ricardo Brizuela?

Ricardo Brizuela (NPI 1174605224) received approximately $80K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 348 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1174605224

Ricardo BrizuelaMD

PRACTICESUTTER GOULD MEDICAL FOUNDATIONSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineModesto, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

502

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

854

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$80K

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

247

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$16K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

19.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban25 claims

Furosemide24 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium24 claims

Carvedilol23 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate23 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$13

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$13

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$13

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (4)

Hospice

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ricardo Brizuela'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). 59 inbound referrers · 112 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
James Summers Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	92	490
David Li Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	74	396
Matthew Ward Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	71	413
SUTTER GOULD MEDICAL FOUNDATION	64	578
Matthew Thomson Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	50	293
Yee-Hsiang Wang Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	46	213
Mirwais Amoni Internal Medicine · Modesto, CA	43	285
Cesar Tumakay Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	41	172
Radha Chirumamilla Internal Medicine · Modesto, CA	40	340
Ronak Shah Nephrology · Modesto, CA	39	501
Keith Hughes Emergency Medicine · Modesto, CA	33	173
Kevin Nguyen Emergency Medicine · Findlay, OH	31	122

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SUTTER CENTRAL VALLEY HOSPITALS	297	833
JABOLA, R	126	559
American Medical Response West Ambulance Service Provider · Modesto, CA	112	479
James Summers Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	106	317
Protransport 1 Ambulance Service Provider · Rohnert Park, CA	97	535
Matthew Ward Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	68	266
SUTTER GOULD MEDICAL FOUNDATION	60	439
David Li Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	57	239
Matthew Thomson Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	51	171
Peter Lai Interventional Cardiology · Modesto, CA	43	126
Yee-Hsiang Wang Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	42	120
Cesar Tumakay Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	40	151

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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