PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1275619983

Richard ChoMD

Internal MedicineFountain Valley, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

279

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

471

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$43K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — below median (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$287

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen16 claims

Levofloxacin15 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium13 claims

Potassium Chloride11 claims

Prednisone11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

87.2

Quality

81.2

Cost

71.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.51%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$20

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$20

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 050678

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Cho'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). 13 inbound referrers · 22 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ORANGE COAST MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	83	274
Elliott Fankuchen Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	26	154
PATEL, RAMESH	26	161
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	21	157
CHEUNG, NAOMI	20	146
HOSPICE TOUCH, INC.	18	24
Michael Wang Diagnostic Radiology · Anaheim, CA	18	92
SUTHERLAND, JAMES	17	100
Richard Wasley Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	15	98
SCHIFF, STEVEN	14	76
SZYMANOWSKI, JEREMY	13	49
NPI 1326052259	12	41

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
ORANGE COAST MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	168	382
HOSPICE TOUCH, INC.	49	123
Elliott Fankuchen Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	29	129
PATEL, RAMESH	29	153
Michael Wang Diagnostic Radiology · Anaheim, CA	28	109
Steven Lee Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	27	101
James Wong Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Hills, CA	26	94
Lokesh Arora Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	18	67
Amir Ronaghi Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	17	51
NPI 1326052259	17	45
Filyn Corporation Ambulance Service Provider · Anaheim, CA	16	45
CHEUNG, NAOMI	15	105

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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