PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538250980

Vijay PatelM.D.

PRACTICERICHARD MALINICK MD INCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineSan Dimas, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

185

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

460

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$35K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — above median (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,617

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$689K

Distinct drugs

119

Brand share

26.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium310 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen264 claims

Montelukast Sodium213 claims

Losartan Potassium204 claims

Metformin Hcl182 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.3

Quality

52.9

Cost

70.8

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

93.0

Payment adjustment

0.31%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$184

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$184

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Vijay Patel'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	44	165
EMANATE HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	39	163
ERA HOME HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION	36	134
Reza Dehdari Diagnostic Radiology · Tustin, CA	36	179
Scott Yochim Diagnostic Radiology · Bozeman, MT	34	152
SCHAEFER AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC	33	155
David Underwood Diagnostic Radiology · Covina, CA	28	193
Charles Brown Diagnostic Radiology · Long Beach, CA	28	150
PARK, SUSIE	26	191
Robert Benson Diagnostic Radiology · Westlake, CA	24	66
Sanjay Khedia Internal Medicine · Covina, CA	24	106
PFISTERER, WILLIAM	23	101

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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