PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518923432

Michael HeffernanMD

PRACTICESAN LUIS DERMATOLOGY, INC.See all providers at this practice →

DermatologySan Luis Obispo, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

12,033

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

37,782

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2.1M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,546 Dermatology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 2,504).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

2,881

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Ketoconazole420 claims

Fluorouracil418 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide276 claims

Hydrocortisone186 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate186 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.6

Quality

96.7

Cost

59.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.49%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$13K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$11K

Food and Beverage$2K

Education$10

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Heffernan'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). 50 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · San Luis Obispo, CA	731	1,844
Bruce Ragsdale Pathology · San Luis Obispo, CA	53	110
WIELER, LISA	47	69
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of San Luis Obispo, Inc. Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · San Luis Obispo, CA	46	67
REMINGTON, JENNIFER	39	81
Larry Baldwin Ophthalmology · San Luis Obispo, CA	38	55
VAUGHAN, PATRICK	32	55
Robert Doria Interventional Cardiology · San Luis Obispo, CA	32	52
BYERS, HUGH	28	46
Jaywant Parmar Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Barbar, CA	25	70
NPI 1235185497	23	33
PATHOLOGY, INC.	23	56

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

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