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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1265485155

Christopher AmesMD

PRACTICEUCSF MEDICAL CENTERSee all providers at this practice →
NeurosurgerySan Francisco, CAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
87.0
Quality
86.8
Cost
70.5
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
0.0
Payment adjustment
0.51%
Group
FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 050454
Hospital
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
47
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$1K
Distinct drugs
3
Brand share
0.0%
Top prescribed drugs
Baclofen17 claims
Naloxone Hcl16 claims
Gabapentin14 claims
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$1.2M
Payment records
429
By payment type
Royalty or License$798K
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$167K
Consulting Fee$121K
Travel and Lodging$68K
Food and Beverage$12K
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
674
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
1,464
Distinct HCPCS
19
Medicare payment
$449K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 497 Neurosurgery providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 341).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Ames'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). 4 inbound referrers · 27 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
Gordon Fung
Cardiology · San Francisco, CA
2158
Esther Yuh
Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA
1132
Unilab Corporation
Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA
1139
Cynthia Chin
Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA
1134
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO200430
Vedat Deviren
Orthopedic Surgery · San Francisco, CA
54170
Cynthia Chin
Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA
49191
American Medical Response West
Ambulance Service Provider · San Francisco, CA
44105
Vinil Shah
Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA
35101
Ninad Karandikar
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · San Jose, CA
2567
Anuradha Rao
Diagnostic Radiology · Glen Allen, VA
2564
Gordon Fung
Cardiology · San Francisco, CA
2572
Marc Wakasa
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · San Francisco, CA
21157
UCSF HEALTH COMMUNITY HOSPITALS2156
Christopher Hess
Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA
2159
Unilab Corporation
Clinical Laboratory · Sacramento, CA
1728
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.