What is Joel Palefsky's specialty?

Joel Palefsky (NPI 1336191345) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Infectious Disease in San Francisco, CA.

Where does Joel Palefsky practice?

Joel Palefsky practices in San Francisco, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1336191345.

How much does Medicare pay Joel Palefsky?

Joel Palefsky (NPI 1336191345) received approximately $9K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 53 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1336191345

Joel PalefskyMD

PRACTICEUCSF MEDICAL CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

Infectious DiseaseSan Francisco, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$6K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 583 Infectious Disease providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 564).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.9

Quality

81.1

Cost

71.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.42%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$22K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$20K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$596

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$20K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$596

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joel Palefsky'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). 0 inbound referrers · 2 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

No inbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO	41	144
Teresa Darragh Pathology · San Francisco, CA	32	139

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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