PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548242589

Derek TaggardM.D.

NeurosurgeryFresno, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

424

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

519

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$91K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 497 Neurosurgery providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 341).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Celecoxib35 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen19 claims

Methocarbamol15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

92.0

Quality

78.6

Cost

75.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.72%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$10K

Payment records

By payment type

Royalty or License$6K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$1K

Consulting Fee$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Derek Taggard'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
David Downs Anesthesiology · Sacramento, CA	12	17
CRAVENS, GEORGE	11	18
Douglas Porter Neurology · Las Vegas, NV	11	37

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history