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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1386678951

Nellis SmithM.D.

PRACTICECARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIASSee all providers at this practice →
CardiologyE Palo Alto, CAI
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QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$282
Payment records
2
By payment type
Food and Beverage$282
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
4,539
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$769K
Distinct drugs
56
Brand share
19.0%
Top prescribed drugs
Atorvastatin Calcium427 claims
Apixaban410 claims
Rosuvastatin Calcium388 claims
Amlodipine Besylate374 claims
Metoprolol Succinate333 claims
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
3,140
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
4,226
Distinct HCPCS
34
Medicare payment
$347K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — above median (cohort median 2,371).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nellis Smith'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). 32 inbound referrers · 53 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
WHEAT, RICHARD66389
Bruce Benedick
Interventional Cardiology · E Palo Alto, CA
51362
Edward Anderson
Internal Medicine · E Palo Alto, CA
49270
Jon Keller
Pathology · Palo Alto, CA
49307
Daniel Libke
Emergency Medicine · Piedmont, CA
49173
BURKE, VINCENT40220
Gregory Engel
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · E Palo Alto, CA
38212
Melissa Lim
Pulmonary Disease · Redwood City, CA
36578
George Oldham
Emergency Medicine · Redwood City, CA
36119
James Zimmerman
Vascular Surgery · Redwood City, CA
30185
Sigal Tene
Pulmonary Disease · Redwood City, CA
26410
Mojdeh Talebian
Pulmonary Disease · Redwood City, CA
24257
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE2721,280
Shalin Amin
Interventional Radiology · Daly City, CA
91536
Michael Hollett
Diagnostic Radiology · Stanford, CA
83466
Roger Winkle
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · E Palo Alto, CA
55338
Donald St. Claire
Interventional Cardiology · E Palo Alto, CA
53376
BURKE, VINCENT53192
STANFORD HEALTH CARE53284
Robert Mead
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · E Palo Alto, CA
52265
Bruce Benedick
Interventional Cardiology · E Palo Alto, CA
48314
Michael Ruder
Internal Medicine · E Palo Alto, CA
47306
Unilab Corporation
Clinical Laboratory · San Jose, CA
47334
Gregory Engel
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · E Palo Alto, CA
45229
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.