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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1194955435

Steven DefordM.D.

Emergency MedicineModesto, CAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
96.6
Quality
23.7
Cost
74.8
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
96.0
Payment adjustment
0.91%
Group
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
21
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$71
Distinct drugs
1
Brand share
0.0%
Top prescribed drugs
Meloxicam21 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
262
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
264
Distinct HCPCS
4
Medicare payment
$29K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 5,287 Emergency Medicine providers in CA — below median (cohort median 355).
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Steven Deford'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 · 58 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Keyvan Nouri
Diagnostic Radiology · Walnut Creek, CA
2338
Ilan Remler
Internal Medicine · Berkeley, CA
2031
Hui Chen
Diagnostic Radiology · Menlo Park, CA
1624
Kathryn Klima
Diagnostic Radiology · Oakland, CA
1523
Moyra Rasheed
Internal Medicine · Castro Valley, CA
1533
Arkady Massen
Family Practice · Hayward, CA
1565
Daisy Maron
Family Practice · Castro Valley, CA
1331
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM1242
RICH, PHILIP1218
SHAH, SUSHMA1227
Phillip Wong
Diagnostic Radiology · Menlo Park, CA
1116
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER CASTRO VALLEY310682
PARAMEDICS PLUS, LLC117298
Protransport 1
Ambulance Service Provider · Rohnert Park, CA
92177
Mark Goldsmith
Diagnostic Radiology · Walnut Creek, CA
73144
Matthew Epstein
Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA
71122
Hui Chen
Diagnostic Radiology · Menlo Park, CA
62130
Annie Lai
Diagnostic Radiology · Walnut Creek, CA
59101
Royce Chrys
Diagnostic Radiology · Walnut Creek, CA
57111
Royal Ambulance Inc.
Ambulance Service Provider · San Leandro, CA
3570
Richard Hong
Diagnostic Radiology · Walnut Creek, CA
3258
Phillip Wong
Diagnostic Radiology · Menlo Park, CA
2951
Arash Foroutani
Internal Medicine · Castro Valley, CA
2877
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.