PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1396789012

Steven YaoMD

PRACTICESOUTH COAST EMERGENCY MEDICAL GROUP INCSee all providers at this practice →

Emergency MedicineSanta Barbara, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

654

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

676

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$56K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 5,287 Emergency Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 355).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$202

Distinct drugs

Brand share

43.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Ondansetron20 claims

Cephalexin14 claims

Ibuprofen12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.5

Quality

98.4

Cost

75.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.82%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$24

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$24

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Steven Yao'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). 28 inbound referrers · 55 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
American Medical Response West Ambulance Service Provider · Buellton, CA	215	561
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL	135	395
Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · Santa Barbara, CA	128	512
GOLETA VALLEY COTTAGE HOSPITAL	72	180
Steven Hartzman Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	59	151
Sean Snodgress Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	52	130
Christopher Kuzminski Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	46	127
LEE, ARTHUR	40	97
Michael Trambert Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	31	59
Owen Stormo Emergency Medicine · Santa Barbara, CA	20	31
POJUNAS, KATHLEEN	19	49
Daniel Litten Internal Medicine · Santa Barbara, CA	18	54

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL	441	1,187
Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories Clinical Laboratory · Santa Barbara, CA	119	491
Kenneth Daughters Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	112	303
Thomas Daughters Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	83	185
Stuart Braverman Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	81	227
American Medical Response West Ambulance Service Provider · Buellton, CA	67	189
Bernard Chow Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	51	114
John Wheelock Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	46	107
James Benzian Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	43	106
Steven Hartzman Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	43	103
John Yoon Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	42	119
Christopher Kuzminski Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbara, CA	42	103

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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