What is Walter D'costa's specialty?

Walter D'costa (NPI 1548336605) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Podiatry in Santa Rosa, CA.

Where does Walter D'costa practice?

Walter D'costa practices in Santa Rosa, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1548336605.

How much does Medicare pay Walter D'costa?

Walter D'costa (NPI 1548336605) received approximately $477K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 920 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548336605

Walter D'costaD.P.M.

PodiatrySanta Rosa, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,929

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,486

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$430K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,510 Podiatry providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,479).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

537

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

7.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin181 claims

Clotrimazole72 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate58 claims

Meloxicam49 claims

Clindamycin Hcl45 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.0

Quality

79.2

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.30%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$9K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$3K

Food and Beverage$3K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

Top paying entities

Travel and Lodging$3K

Food and Beverage$3K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Walter D'costa'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). 35 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. JOSEPH HEALTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, LLC	168	513
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC.	69	185
SUTTER WEST BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION	39	154
UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL	34	77
SANTA ROSA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS	28	113
POPOVICH, MARK	22	46
Falck Northern California Corp. Ambulance Service Provider · Hayward, CA	20	36
SUTTER VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION AND HOSPICE	19	64
David Schmidt Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Rosa, CA	19	29
Marie Mulligan General Practice · Santa Rosa, CA	19	37
Ingo Rencken Diagnostic Radiology · Sebastopol, CA	18	28
NPI 1316037856	18	45

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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