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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1497813968

Samuel KugelM.D.

PsychiatryNational City, CAI
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PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
7,536
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$752K
Distinct drugs
55
Brand share
12.8%
Top prescribed drugs
Quetiapine Fumarate638 claims
Risperidone580 claims
Trazodone Hcl531 claims
Benztropine Mesylate466 claims
Divalproex Sodium441 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
45.1
Quality
21.7
Cost
88.1
Improvement activities
0.0
Promoting interop.
0.0
Payment adjustment
-3.59%
Individual
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
551
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
4,812
Distinct HCPCS
7
Medicare payment
$233K
Peer benchmark
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Total Medicare services vs. 2,213 Psychiatry providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 203).
INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
Total received
$3K
Payment records
86
By payment type
Food and Beverage$3K
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Samuel Kugel'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). 33 inbound referrers · 55 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
PRIME HEALTHCARE PARADISE VALLEY LLC2912,384
Jimi Benson
Internal Medicine · El Cajon, CA
86945
Troy Niguidula
Internal Medicine · National City, CA
69424
Prakash Bhatia
Psychiatry · National City, CA
65245
John Holden
Diagnostic Radiology · Pasadena, CA
63231
PRIME HEALTHCARE PARADISE VALLEY LLC62222
American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc.
Ambulance Service Provider · San Diego, CA
50262
Unilab Corporation
Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA
45159
Richard Obler
Family Practice · La Jolla, CA
45139
SAN DIEGO MEDICAL SERVICES ENTERPRISE, LLC36162
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA34103
Benjamin Orejudos
Diagnostic Radiology · National City, CA
32119
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
PRIME HEALTHCARE PARADISE VALLEY LLC1791,237
CLARK, ANDREW1311,052
NPI 18312804861041,223
Jimi Benson
Internal Medicine · El Cajon, CA
961,298
Troy Niguidula
Internal Medicine · National City, CA
69390
Prakash Bhatia
Psychiatry · National City, CA
64232
Laurence Saben
Psychiatry · San Diego, CA
60239
Prashant Patel
Cardiology · National City, CA
57276
David Graham
Family Practice · National City, CA
57332
Advantage Ambulance Inc
Ambulance Service Provider · National City, CA
55200
Unilab Corporation
Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA
54139
John Holden
Diagnostic Radiology · Pasadena, CA
53152
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.