What is Steven Yao's specialty?

Steven Yao (NPI 1396789012) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Emergency Medicine in Santa Barbara, CA.

Where does Steven Yao practice?

Steven Yao practices in Santa Barbara, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1396789012.

How much does Medicare pay Steven Yao?

Steven Yao (NPI 1396789012) received approximately $60K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 490 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

Top paying entities

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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