PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548360084

Melissa Lopez-BermejoMD

Internal MedicineFreedom, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,625

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,102

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$291K

Peer benchmark

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

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

8,167

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.2M

Distinct drugs

138

Brand share

27.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Empagliflozin449 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium440 claims

Losartan Potassium365 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen290 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium265 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.5

Quality

75.2

Cost

73.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.65%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

105

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Lopez-Bermejo'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). 55 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Annette Rasi Diagnostic Radiology · Salinas, CA	167	788
Jennifer Lin Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Cruz, CA	144	627
SCHMETZ, MARK	96	412
Francisco Ravago Internal Medicine · Freedom, CA	91	493
Roy Martinez Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Cruz, CA	86	310
DIGNITY HEALTH	79	290
Nicholas Astromoff Diagnostic Radiology · Santa Cruz, CA	71	252
Peter Markel Emergency Medicine · Watsonville, CA	65	254
Kathleen Erwin Nurse Practitioner · Bakersfield, CA	59	209
Nicole Surdock Podiatry · Watsonville, CA	55	294
WEST COAST HOSPITALS INC	44	294
American Medical Transport Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · La Selva Beach, CA	43	150

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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