What is Al Franco's specialty?

Al Franco (NPI 1528128535) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in Riverside, CA.

Where does Al Franco practice?

Al Franco practices in Riverside, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1528128535.

How much does Medicare pay Al Franco?

Al Franco (NPI 1528128535) received approximately $1.0M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 257 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1528128535

Al FrancoM.D.

PRACTICEARTHRITIS CENTER OF RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CORPSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyRiverside, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

15,075

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

63,405

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.0M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 530 Rheumatology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,833).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

583

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$177K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

7.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Minocycline Hcl111 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate87 claims

Azithromycin70 claims

Prednisone56 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate44 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 Al Franco'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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SENAATI, SASSAN	89	1,579
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	75	1,124
RHEUMATOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS LABORATORY INC	46	551
Andre Lallande Internal Medicine · Fontana, CA	33	611
John Crues Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	20	227
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	13	116
Natalia Chavez Stewart Rheumatology · Riverside, CA	12	163

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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