PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528046463

Bruce AppelbaumM.D.

PsychiatryHuntington Beach, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

178

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

749

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$48K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,213 Psychiatry providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 203).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,726

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$273K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Alprazolam332 claims

Olanzapine237 claims

Lorazepam228 claims

Quetiapine Fumarate208 claims

Bupropion Hcl205 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$24

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$24

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Bruce Appelbaum'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
COLLEGE HOSPITAL, INC.	134	1,612
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	51	127
Magdi Messiha Internal Medicine · Newport Beach, CA	19	81
Joey Santos Internal Medicine · Anaheim, CA	17	139

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history