PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538195797

Melissa WatcherM.D.

DermatologyNewport Beach, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,572

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,754

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$276K

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

319

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$100K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

12.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Fluocinonide65 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide57 claims

Ketoconazole37 claims

Fluorouracil25 claims

Ropinirole Hcl20 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Watcher'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HARRIS HISTOLOGY SERVICES	165	250
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	144	280
Raelynn Tucker Pathology · Laguna Beach, CA	44	87
Joseph Hillman Pathology · Laguna Beach, CA	30	47
David Karlin Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	12	17
Mark Masotto Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	11	12
DEBIN, SUSAN	11	19
Mark Rodrigues Internal Medicine · Orange, CA	11	17

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