What is Arturo Valderrama's specialty?

Arturo Valderrama (NPI 1518054501) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Chula Vista, CA.

Where does Arturo Valderrama practice?

Arturo Valderrama practices in Chula Vista, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518054501.

How much does Medicare pay Arturo Valderrama?

Arturo Valderrama (NPI 1518054501) received approximately $29K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 73 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518054501

Arturo ValderramaM.D.

PRACTICEVALDERRAMA MD, INCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineChula Vista, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

189

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

419

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$27K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — below median (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

19,974

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.9M

Distinct drugs

197

Brand share

22.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium1,367 claims

Losartan Potassium695 claims

Metformin Hcl625 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium615 claims

Amlodipine Besylate575 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Arturo Valderrama'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). 77 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	247	956
VALDERRAMA MD, INC	149	467
American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · San Diego, CA	134	366
Harold Pimenta Interventional Cardiology · La Jolla, CA	59	265
Trevor Nelson Interventional Radiology · La Jolla, CA	52	228
Joel Sigeti Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	51	161
Scott Boles Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	48	126
Vitali Aizin Cardiology · Chula Vista, CA	47	189
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	36	136
Henry Yuan Nephrology · Orange, CA	33	202
Neeraj Panchal Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	33	78
Ross Christensen Interventional Radiology · La Jolla, CA	33	120

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history