PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1366435299

Howard ChengM.D.

Hematology-OncologyLaguna Hills, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,613

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

31,563

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$278K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 957 Hematology-Oncology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 4,173).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

898

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

40.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Rivaroxaban111 claims

Prednisone89 claims

Hydroxyurea64 claims

Anastrozole59 claims

Abiraterone Acetate50 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

18.2

Cost

74.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$893

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$893

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Cheng'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). 31 inbound referrers · 58 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SADDLEBACK MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	199	2,714
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	91	759
Steven Sorenson Diagnostic Radiology · Redlands, CA	48	187
Jeffrey Dym Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Niguel, CA	39	145
Elliott Fankuchen Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	39	211
Jackson Penry Diagnostic Radiology · Mission Viejo, CA	38	116
SUTHERLAND, JAMES	35	203
SZYMANOWSKI, JEREMY	28	108
Navid Jahed Diagnostic Radiology · Mission Viejo, CA	28	98
Richard Wasley Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	26	110
HARRIS HISTOLOGY SERVICES	25	67
Michael Wang Diagnostic Radiology · Anaheim, CA	24	107

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	313	3,606
SADDLEBACK MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	171	1,854
MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	96	698
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	77	686
Steven Sorenson Diagnostic Radiology · Redlands, CA	38	143
Lokesh Arora Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	34	156
Elliott Fankuchen Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	30	119
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	28	86
SUTHERLAND, JAMES	27	118
Jackson Penry Diagnostic Radiology · Mission Viejo, CA	27	92
Tze-Kong Meng Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Beach, CA	26	106
Jeffrey Dym Diagnostic Radiology · Laguna Niguel, CA	26	107

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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