What is Michael Heffernan's specialty?

Michael Heffernan (NPI 1518923432) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Dermatology in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Where does Michael Heffernan practice?

Michael Heffernan practices in San Luis Obispo, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518923432.

How much does Medicare pay Michael Heffernan?

Michael Heffernan (NPI 1518923432) received approximately $2.2M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 2,646 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

Top paying entities

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.

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