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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1255399341

Simon RitchkenM.D.

PRACTICERITCHKEN AND FIRST MEDICAL GROUPSee all providers at this practice →
GastroenterologySan Diego, CAI
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FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (2)

CCN 050100
Hospital
CCN 050234
Hospital
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
24.1
Quality
0.0
Cost
80.5
Improvement activities
0.0
Promoting interop.
0.0
Payment adjustment
-6.10%
Individual
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
901
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$32K
Distinct drugs
28
Brand share
15.8%
Top prescribed drugs
Omeprazole136 claims
Pantoprazole Sodium94 claims
Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates83 claims
Losartan Potassium49 claims
Atorvastatin Calcium37 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
850
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
1,160
Distinct HCPCS
14
Medicare payment
$94K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 1,398 Gastroenterology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 750).
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$2K
Payment records
88
By payment type
Food and Beverage$2K
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Simon Ritchken'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). 10 inbound referrers · 15 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL128462
Unilab Corporation
Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA
88280
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA1937
LOW, RUSSELL1737
BEHLING, CYNTHIA1740
Neeraj Panchal
Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA
1526
Christopher Wixom
Pathology · San Diego, CA
1444
PUCKETT, MICHAEL1427
Robert Yacullo
Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA
1330
Saha Sadeghi
Pathology · San Diego, CA
1321
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL185719
Unilab Corporation
Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA
141419
SCRIPPS HEALTH3379
Saha Sadeghi
Pathology · San Diego, CA
32102
Brian First
Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA
28149
Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA
2672
BEHLING, CYNTHIA1926
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA1438
PUCKETT, MICHAEL1322
Julie Payne
Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA
1237
John Gordon
Interventional Cardiology · San Diego, CA
1247
Neeraj Panchal
Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA
1124
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.